Arcola vs Tuscola

A side-by-side comparison of Arcola and Tuscola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tuscola has the higher population (4,675 vs 2,867 in Arcola). Arcola has the higher median household income ($85,697 vs $77,034 in Tuscola). Tuscola has the higher median home value ($148,100 vs $122,800 in Arcola).

Population, income & housing

	Arcola	Tuscola
Population	2,867	4,675
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,697	$77,034
Median home value	$122,800	$148,100
Median gross rent	$819	$837
Housing units	1,027	2,089
Homeownership rate	75.3%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcola	Tuscola
Population	2,731 → 2,867 (+5.0%)	4,564 → 4,675 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$47,297 → $85,697 (+81.2%)	$56,545 → $77,034 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $122,800 (+28.1%)	$115,500 → $148,100 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $819 (+13.6%)	$733 → $837 (+14.2%)

Arcola

Population

2,7312,867

Median household income

$47,297$85,697

Median home value

$95,900$122,800

Median gross rent

$721$819

Tuscola

Population

4,5644,675

Median household income

$56,545$77,034

Median home value

$115,500$148,100

Median gross rent

$733$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcola	Tuscola
Under 5	6.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.0%
75 and over	5.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcola	Tuscola
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	90.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcola	Tuscola
No high school diploma	18.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	29.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcola	Tuscola
Drove alone	71.0%	85.4%
Carpooled	19.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	6.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcola	Tuscola
1-unit, detached	81.1%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Arcola	Tuscola
Poverty rate	10.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.91	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1970	1960