Assumption vs Tovey

A side-by-side comparison of Assumption and Tovey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Assumption has the higher population (1,117 vs 707 in Tovey). Tovey has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $55,764 in Assumption). Tovey has the higher median home value ($78,200 vs $72,100 in Assumption).

Population, income & housing

	Assumption	Tovey
Population	1,117	707
Median age	34.3 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,764	$81,250
Median home value	$72,100	$78,200
Median gross rent	$646	$541
Housing units	605	281
Homeownership rate	61.1%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Assumption	Tovey
Population	1,106 → 1,117 (+1.0%)	454 → 707 (+55.7%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $55,764 (+22.8%)	$52,857 → $81,250 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $72,100 (+1.7%)	$73,700 → $78,200 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $646 (+2.1%)	$654 → $541 (-17.3%)

Assumption

Population

1,1061,117

Median household income

$45,417$55,764

Median home value

$70,900$72,100

Median gross rent

$633$646

Tovey

Population

454707

Median household income

$52,857$81,250

Median home value

$73,700$78,200

Median gross rent

$654$541

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Assumption	Tovey
Under 5	5.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	29.8%
18 to 24	17.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.0%
75 and over	5.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Assumption	Tovey
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	77.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Assumption	Tovey
No high school diploma	5.4%	12.6%
High school graduate	51.2%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Assumption	Tovey
Drove alone	86.7%	89.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Assumption	Tovey
1-unit, detached	87.9%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Assumption	Tovey
Poverty rate	11.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1947	1957