Leland vs Tonica

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

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

Leland has the higher population (1,102 vs 732 in Tonica). Tonica has the higher median household income ($80,795 vs $74,911 in Leland). Leland has the higher median home value ($181,000 vs $122,500 in Tonica).

Population, income & housing

	Leland	Tonica
Population	1,102	732
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,911	$80,795
Median home value	$181,000	$122,500
Median gross rent	$1,125	$839
Housing units	467	320
Homeownership rate	74.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leland	Tonica
Population	846 → 1,102 (+30.3%)	797 → 732 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $74,911 (+19.9%)	$47,656 → $80,795 (+69.5%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $181,000 (+25.9%)	$121,400 → $122,500 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,125 (+31.1%)	$534 → $839 (+57.1%)

Leland

Population

8461,102

Median household income

$62,500$74,911

Median home value

$143,800$181,000

Median gross rent

$858$1,125

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)

	Leland	Tonica
Under 5	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	6.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.6%
75 and over	4.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leland	Tonica
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leland	Tonica
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leland	Tonica
Drove alone	86.3%	68.2%
Carpooled	6.3%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leland	Tonica
1-unit, detached	90.1%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leland	Tonica
Poverty rate	13.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1946	1953