Dayton vs Tonica

A side-by-side comparison of Dayton and Tonica: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tonica has the higher population (732 vs 363 in Dayton). Dayton has the higher median household income ($136,458 vs $80,795 in Tonica). Dayton has the higher median home value ($235,000 vs $122,500 in Tonica).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Tonica
Population	363	732
Median age	46.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$136,458	$80,795
Median home value	$235,000	$122,500
Median gross rent	—	$839
Housing units	133	320
Homeownership rate	95.4%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Tonica
Population	566 → 363 (-35.9%)	797 → 732 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$85,852 → $136,458 (+58.9%)	$47,656 → $80,795 (+69.5%)
Median home value	$202,300 → $235,000 (+16.2%)	$121,400 → $122,500 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,288 (+38.5%)	$534 → $839 (+57.1%)

Dayton

Population

566363

Median household income

$85,852$136,458

Median home value

$202,300$235,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,288

Tonica

Population

797732

Median household income

$47,656$80,795

Median home value

$121,400$122,500

Median gross rent

$534$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Tonica
Under 5	3.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.8%
55 to 64	19.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.6%
75 and over	6.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Tonica
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Tonica
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Tonica
Drove alone	81.0%	68.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	12.6%
Other means	2.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Tonica
1-unit, detached	88.0%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Tonica
Poverty rate	2.5%	10.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1990	1953