Lostant vs Tonica

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

Lostant 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 402 in Lostant). Tonica has the higher median household income ($80,795 vs $68,750 in Lostant). Tonica has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $99,600 in Lostant).

Population, income & housing

	Lostant	Tonica
Population	402	732
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$80,795
Median home value	$99,600	$122,500
Median gross rent	$950	$839
Housing units	172	320
Homeownership rate	78.3%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lostant	Tonica
Population	479 → 402 (-16.1%)	797 → 732 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$61,786 → $68,750 (+11.3%)	$47,656 → $80,795 (+69.5%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $99,600 (+7.6%)	$121,400 → $122,500 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $950 (+24.5%)	$534 → $839 (+57.1%)

Lostant

Population

479402

Median household income

$61,786$68,750

Median home value

$92,600$99,600

Median gross rent

$763$950

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)

	Lostant	Tonica
Under 5	8.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	16.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	6.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.6%
75 and over	9.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lostant	Tonica
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	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	1.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lostant	Tonica
No high school diploma	11.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	38.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lostant	Tonica
Drove alone	73.4%	68.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	12.6%
Other means	2.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lostant	Tonica
1-unit, detached	91.3%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lostant	Tonica
Poverty rate	8.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1955	1953