Rantoul vs Tolono

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

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

Rantoul has the higher population (12,515 vs 3,546 in Tolono). Tolono has the higher median household income ($79,333 vs $49,821 in Rantoul). Tolono has the higher median home value ($207,200 vs $109,200 in Rantoul).

Population, income & housing

	Rantoul	Tolono
Population	12,515	3,546
Median age	35.0 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,821	$79,333
Median home value	$109,200	$207,200
Median gross rent	$899	$1,002
Housing units	5,829	1,488
Homeownership rate	49.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rantoul	Tolono
Population	13,218 → 12,515 (-5.3%)	3,237 → 3,546 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$42,149 → $49,821 (+18.2%)	$66,445 → $79,333 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $109,200 (+27.1%)	$138,000 → $207,200 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $899 (+15.0%)	$604 → $1,002 (+65.9%)

Rantoul

Population

13,21812,515

Median household income

$42,149$49,821

Median home value

$85,900$109,200

Median gross rent

$782$899

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)

	Rantoul	Tolono
Under 5	9.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.3%	23.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	20.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.8%
75 and over	5.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rantoul	Tolono
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	97.1%
Black or African American	20.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	10.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rantoul	Tolono
No high school diploma	9.4%	0.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rantoul	Tolono
Drove alone	74.6%	91.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rantoul	Tolono
1-unit, detached	52.7%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Rantoul	Tolono
Poverty rate	18.7%	4.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1965	1986