Tiskilwa vs Walnut

A side-by-side comparison of Tiskilwa and Walnut: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walnut has the higher population (1,402 vs 762 in Tiskilwa). Walnut has the higher median household income ($62,019 vs $60,750 in Tiskilwa). Walnut has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $88,300 in Tiskilwa).

Population, income & housing

	Tiskilwa	Walnut
Population	762	1,402
Median age	44.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,750	$62,019
Median home value	$88,300	$94,700
Median gross rent	$739	$591
Housing units	357	620
Homeownership rate	73.9%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tiskilwa	Walnut
Population	783 → 762 (-2.7%)	1,370 → 1,402 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$48,650 → $60,750 (+24.9%)	$53,750 → $62,019 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $88,300 (+8.3%)	$95,500 → $94,700 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $739 (+6.2%)	$611 → $591 (-3.3%)

Tiskilwa

Population

783762

Median household income

$48,650$60,750

Median home value

$81,500$88,300

Median gross rent

$696$739

Walnut

Population

1,3701,402

Median household income

$53,750$62,019

Median home value

$95,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$611$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tiskilwa	Walnut
Under 5	2.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	24.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	20.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.5%
75 and over	12.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tiskilwa	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tiskilwa	Walnut
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tiskilwa	Walnut
Drove alone	86.2%	86.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tiskilwa	Walnut
1-unit, detached	84.6%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Tiskilwa	Walnut
Poverty rate	11.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1938	1961