Lacon vs Toluca

A side-by-side comparison of Lacon and Toluca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lacon has the higher population (1,768 vs 1,313 in Toluca). Toluca has the higher median household income ($66,667 vs $60,750 in Lacon). Lacon has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $110,000 in Toluca).

Population, income & housing

	Lacon	Toluca
Population	1,768	1,313
Median age	41.4 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,750	$66,667
Median home value	$111,700	$110,000
Median gross rent	$811	$777
Housing units	804	647
Homeownership rate	73.4%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacon	Toluca
Population	1,759 → 1,768 (+0.5%)	1,219 → 1,313 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$52,448 → $60,750 (+15.8%)	$51,765 → $66,667 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $111,700 (+30.3%)	$81,600 → $110,000 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $811 (+7.1%)	$657 → $777 (+18.3%)

Lacon

Population

1,7591,768

Median household income

$52,448$60,750

Median home value

$85,700$111,700

Median gross rent

$757$811

Toluca

Population

1,2191,313

Median household income

$51,765$66,667

Median home value

$81,600$110,000

Median gross rent

$657$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacon	Toluca
Under 5	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.9%
75 and over	15.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacon	Toluca
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacon	Toluca
No high school diploma	5.8%	13.4%
High school graduate	46.2%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacon	Toluca
Drove alone	87.9%	84.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	8.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacon	Toluca
1-unit, detached	82.7%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lacon	Toluca
Poverty rate	14.3%	19.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1956	1957