De Soto vs Grand Tower

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto and Grand Tower: population, income, housing, and more.

De Soto and Grand Tower are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

De Soto has the higher population (1,701 vs 551 in Grand Tower). Grand Tower has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $52,131 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $24,500 in Grand Tower).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Grand Tower
Population	1,701	551
Median age	35.7 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,131	$59,375
Median home value	$88,800	$24,500
Median gross rent	$749	$700
Housing units	812	245
Homeownership rate	45.1%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Grand Tower
Population	1,697 → 1,701 (+0.2%)	565 → 551 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $52,131 (+20.3%)	$44,559 → $59,375 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $88,800 (+9.5%)	$36,700 → $24,500 (-33.2%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $749 (+18.7%)	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)

De Soto

Population

1,6971,701

Median household income

$43,333$52,131

Median home value

$81,100$88,800

Median gross rent

$631$749

Grand Tower

Population

565551

Median household income

$44,559$59,375

Median home value

$36,700$24,500

Median gross rent

$618$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Grand Tower
Under 5	6.7%	12.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	23.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	17.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	6.5%	8.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	5.6%
75 and over	5.9%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Grand Tower
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	86.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Grand Tower
No high school diploma	9.9%	13.2%
High school graduate	30.0%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Grand Tower
Drove alone	76.9%	84.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	2.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Grand Tower
1-unit, detached	61.5%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Grand Tower
Poverty rate	16.6%	22.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	18	40
Median year structure built	1978	1960