Petersburg vs Tallula

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

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

Petersburg has the higher population (2,590 vs 595 in Tallula). Tallula has the higher median household income ($60,156 vs $59,850 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $96,900 in Tallula).

Population, income & housing

	Petersburg	Tallula
Population	2,590	595
Median age	38.8 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,850	$60,156
Median home value	$174,800	$96,900
Median gross rent	$665	$1,094
Housing units	1,311	288
Homeownership rate	57.2%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petersburg	Tallula
Population	2,513 → 2,590 (+3.1%)	511 → 595 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$54,833 → $59,850 (+9.1%)	$62,778 → $60,156 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $174,800 (+78.4%)	$83,600 → $96,900 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $665 (-2.3%)	$671 → $1,094 (+63.0%)

Petersburg

Population

2,5132,590

Median household income

$54,833$59,850

Median home value

$98,000$174,800

Median gross rent

$681$665

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)

	Petersburg	Tallula
Under 5	4.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	18.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	19.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.8%
75 and over	7.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petersburg	Tallula
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petersburg	Tallula
No high school diploma	8.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	32.0%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petersburg	Tallula
Drove alone	84.3%	75.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petersburg	Tallula
1-unit, detached	71.0%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Petersburg	Tallula
Poverty rate	15.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1961	1940