St. Joseph vs Tolono

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

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

St. Joseph has the higher population (3,833 vs 3,546 in Tolono). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($114,594 vs $79,333 in Tolono). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($257,400 vs $207,200 in Tolono).

Population, income & housing

	St. Joseph	Tolono
Population	3,833	3,546
Median age	39.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$114,594	$79,333
Median home value	$257,400	$207,200
Median gross rent	$969	$1,002
Housing units	1,511	1,488
Homeownership rate	85.8%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Joseph	Tolono
Population	4,448 → 3,833 (-13.8%)	3,237 → 3,546 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$94,088 → $114,594 (+21.8%)	$66,445 → $79,333 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$189,300 → $257,400 (+36.0%)	$138,000 → $207,200 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $969 (+25.8%)	$604 → $1,002 (+65.9%)

St. Joseph

Population

4,4483,833

Median household income

$94,088$114,594

Median home value

$189,300$257,400

Median gross rent

$770$969

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)

	St. Joseph	Tolono
Under 5	4.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	22.0%	23.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	20.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.8%
75 and over	4.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Joseph	Tolono
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Joseph	Tolono
No high school diploma	1.4%	0.4%
High school graduate	20.3%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Joseph	Tolono
Drove alone	78.5%	91.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	2.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Joseph	Tolono
1-unit, detached	90.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	St. Joseph	Tolono
Poverty rate	4.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1996	1986