Earlville vs Tonica

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

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

Earlville has the higher population (2,015 vs 732 in Tonica). Tonica has the higher median household income ($80,795 vs $62,763 in Earlville). Earlville has the higher median home value ($127,300 vs $122,500 in Tonica).

Population, income & housing

	Earlville	Tonica
Population	2,015	732
Median age	32.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,763	$80,795
Median home value	$127,300	$122,500
Median gross rent	$998	$839
Housing units	899	320
Homeownership rate	62.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlville	Tonica
Population	1,928 → 2,015 (+4.5%)	797 → 732 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$54,301 → $62,763 (+15.6%)	$47,656 → $80,795 (+69.5%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $127,300 (+18.6%)	$121,400 → $122,500 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $998 (+17.7%)	$534 → $839 (+57.1%)

Earlville

Population

1,9282,015

Median household income

$54,301$62,763

Median home value

$107,300$127,300

Median gross rent

$848$998

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)

	Earlville	Tonica
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	14.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	6.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.6%
75 and over	3.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlville	Tonica
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlville	Tonica
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	46.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlville	Tonica
Drove alone	82.0%	68.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	12.6%
Other means	2.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlville	Tonica
1-unit, detached	63.8%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Earlville	Tonica
Poverty rate	15.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1968	1953