Lake of the Woods vs Tolono

A side-by-side comparison of Lake of the Woods and Tolono: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake of the Woods and Tolono are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tolono has the higher population (3,546 vs 1,976 in Lake of the Woods). Tolono has the higher median household income ($79,333 vs $69,054 in Lake of the Woods). Tolono has the higher median home value ($207,200 vs $194,300 in Lake of the Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	Tolono
Population	1,976	3,546
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,054	$79,333
Median home value	$194,300	$207,200
Median gross rent	$1,201	$1,002
Housing units	763	1,488
Homeownership rate	82.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	Tolono
Population	2,404 → 1,976 (-17.8%)	3,237 → 3,546 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$58,034 → $69,054 (+19.0%)	$66,445 → $79,333 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $194,300 (+69.5%)	$138,000 → $207,200 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,201 (+29.7%)	$604 → $1,002 (+65.9%)

Lake of the Woods

Population

2,4041,976

Median household income

$58,034$69,054

Median home value

$114,600$194,300

Median gross rent

$926$1,201

Tolono

Population

3,2373,546

Median household income

$66,445$79,333

Median home value

$138,000$207,200

Median gross rent

$604$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Tolono
Under 5	4.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	22.3%	23.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	20.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.8%
75 and over	10.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Tolono
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	Tolono
No high school diploma	2.7%	0.4%
High school graduate	35.4%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Tolono
Drove alone	73.9%	91.9%
Carpooled	24.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Tolono
1-unit, detached	58.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	Tolono
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1993	1986