Tamms vs Thebes

A side-by-side comparison of Tamms and Thebes: population, income, housing, and more.

Tamms and Thebes are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tamms has the higher population (532 vs 363 in Thebes). Both have a median household income of $41,250. Tamms has the higher median home value ($57,200 vs $45,000 in Thebes).

Population, income & housing

	Tamms	Thebes
Population	532	363
Median age	45.9 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$41,250
Median home value	$57,200	$45,000
Median gross rent	$663	$475
Housing units	268	126
Homeownership rate	76.4%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tamms	Thebes
Population	694 → 532 (-23.3%)	475 → 363 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $41,250 (-10.8%)	$35,357 → $41,250 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $57,200 (-19.0%)	$63,000 → $45,000 (-28.6%)
Median gross rent	$368 → $663 (+80.2%)	$242 → $475 (+96.3%)

Tamms

Population

694532

Median household income

$46,250$41,250

Median home value

$70,600$57,200

Median gross rent

$368$663

Thebes

Population

475363

Median household income

$35,357$41,250

Median home value

$63,000$45,000

Median gross rent

$242$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tamms	Thebes
Under 5	2.1%	13.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	5.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	5.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	20.1%
65 to 74	17.5%	6.3%
75 and over	9.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tamms	Thebes
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	34.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tamms	Thebes
No high school diploma	18.5%	18.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tamms	Thebes
Drove alone	65.4%	68.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	13.1%
Other means	3.8%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tamms	Thebes
1-unit, detached	74.6%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Tamms	Thebes
Poverty rate	18.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.43	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1979	1972