Lake Petersburg vs Tallula

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Petersburg and Tallula: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Petersburg has the higher population (769 vs 595 in Tallula). Lake Petersburg has the higher median household income ($124,643 vs $60,156 in Tallula). Lake Petersburg has the higher median home value ($336,200 vs $96,900 in Tallula).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Petersburg	Tallula
Population	769	595
Median age	59.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$124,643	$60,156
Median home value	$336,200	$96,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,094
Housing units	388	288
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Petersburg	Tallula
Population	449 → 769 (+71.3%)	511 → 595 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$74,500 → $124,643 (+67.3%)	$62,778 → $60,156 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$270,400 → $336,200 (+24.3%)	$83,600 → $96,900 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$671 → $1,094 (+63.0%)

Lake Petersburg

Population

449769

Median household income

$74,500$124,643

Median home value

$270,400$336,200

Tallula

Population

511595

Median household income

$62,778$60,156

Median home value

$83,600$96,900

Median gross rent

$671$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Petersburg	Tallula
Under 5	3.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	8.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	4.8%	18.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	19.0%
55 to 64	25.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	25.2%	12.8%
75 and over	7.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Petersburg	Tallula
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Petersburg	Tallula
No high school diploma	1.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	19.5%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Petersburg	Tallula
Drove alone	78.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Petersburg	Tallula
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Petersburg	Tallula
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1974	1940