Sparland vs Toluca

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

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

Toluca has the higher population (1,313 vs 375 in Sparland). Toluca has the higher median household income ($66,667 vs $45,278 in Sparland). Toluca has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $82,800 in Sparland).

Population, income & housing

	Sparland	Toluca
Population	375	1,313
Median age	35.4 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,278	$66,667
Median home value	$82,800	$110,000
Median gross rent	$950	$777
Housing units	197	647
Homeownership rate	85.4%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sparland	Toluca
Population	399 → 375 (-6.0%)	1,219 → 1,313 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$47,019 → $45,278 (-3.7%)	$51,765 → $66,667 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $82,800 (-0.8%)	$81,600 → $110,000 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $950 (+37.1%)	$657 → $777 (+18.3%)

Sparland

Population

399375

Median household income

$47,019$45,278

Median home value

$83,500$82,800

Median gross rent

$693$950

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)

	Sparland	Toluca
Under 5	8.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.1%	20.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	6.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.9%
75 and over	7.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sparland	Toluca
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sparland	Toluca
No high school diploma	9.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sparland	Toluca
Drove alone	70.5%	84.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sparland	Toluca
1-unit, detached	97.5%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Sparland	Toluca
Poverty rate	21.9%	19.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1955	1957