Tolono vs Urbana

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

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

Urbana has the higher population (38,447 vs 3,546 in Tolono). Tolono has the higher median household income ($79,333 vs $45,854 in Urbana). Tolono has the higher median home value ($207,200 vs $186,300 in Urbana).

Population, income & housing

	Tolono	Urbana
Population	3,546	38,447
Median age	35.6 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,333	$45,854
Median home value	$207,200	$186,300
Median gross rent	$1,002	$951
Housing units	1,488	19,003
Homeownership rate	72.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tolono	Urbana
Population	3,237 → 3,546 (+9.5%)	42,718 → 38,447 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$66,445 → $79,333 (+19.4%)	$37,102 → $45,854 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$138,000 → $207,200 (+50.1%)	$155,000 → $186,300 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$604 → $1,002 (+65.9%)	$838 → $951 (+13.5%)

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

Urbana

Population

42,71838,447

Median household income

$37,102$45,854

Median home value

$155,000$186,300

Median gross rent

$838$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tolono	Urbana
Under 5	3.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	23.9%	7.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	35.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	17.7%
35 to 44	20.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.0%
75 and over	3.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tolono	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	55.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tolono	Urbana
No high school diploma	0.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tolono	Urbana
Drove alone	91.9%	51.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	7.1%
Walked	0.0%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.9%
Worked from home	4.6%	14.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tolono	Urbana
1-unit, detached	72.1%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	26.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Tolono	Urbana
Poverty rate	4.1%	24.8%
Average household size	2.57	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1986	1979