Philo vs Tolono

A side-by-side comparison of Philo and Tolono: population, income, housing, and more.

Philo 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 1,461 in Philo). Philo has the higher median household income ($103,438 vs $79,333 in Tolono). Tolono has the higher median home value ($207,200 vs $198,100 in Philo).

Population, income & housing

	Philo	Tolono
Population	1,461	3,546
Median age	34.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$103,438	$79,333
Median home value	$198,100	$207,200
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,002
Housing units	526	1,488
Homeownership rate	88.0%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Philo	Tolono
Population	1,560 → 1,461 (-6.3%)	3,237 → 3,546 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$80,804 → $103,438 (+28.0%)	$66,445 → $79,333 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$155,100 → $198,100 (+27.7%)	$138,000 → $207,200 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,063 (+41.7%)	$604 → $1,002 (+65.9%)

Philo

Population

1,5601,461

Median household income

$80,804$103,438

Median home value

$155,100$198,100

Median gross rent

$750$1,063

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)

	Philo	Tolono
Under 5	6.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	24.6%	23.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	20.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.8%
75 and over	7.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Philo	Tolono
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Philo	Tolono
No high school diploma	5.7%	0.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Philo	Tolono
Drove alone	90.1%	91.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Philo	Tolono
1-unit, detached	98.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Philo	Tolono
Poverty rate	7.0%	4.1%
Average household size	3.02	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1968	1986