Du Quoin vs Tamaroa

A side-by-side comparison of Du Quoin and Tamaroa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Du Quoin has the higher population (5,780 vs 562 in Tamaroa). Tamaroa has the higher median household income ($48,194 vs $47,632 in Du Quoin). Du Quoin has the higher median home value ($78,000 vs $76,600 in Tamaroa).

Population, income & housing

	Du Quoin	Tamaroa
Population	5,780	562
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,632	$48,194
Median home value	$78,000	$76,600
Median gross rent	$702	$1,031
Housing units	2,878	259
Homeownership rate	64.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Du Quoin	Tamaroa
Population	5,761 → 5,780 (+0.3%)	650 → 562 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$39,794 → $47,632 (+19.7%)	$55,417 → $48,194 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $78,000 (+17.5%)	$51,100 → $76,600 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $702 (+19.4%)	$617 → $1,031 (+67.1%)

Du Quoin

Population

5,7615,780

Median household income

$39,794$47,632

Median home value

$66,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$588$702

Tamaroa

Population

650562

Median household income

$55,417$48,194

Median home value

$51,100$76,600

Median gross rent

$617$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Du Quoin	Tamaroa
Under 5	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	17.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	19.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.0%
75 and over	10.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Du Quoin	Tamaroa
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	8.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Du Quoin	Tamaroa
No high school diploma	14.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	35.8%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Du Quoin	Tamaroa
Drove alone	84.5%	91.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.5%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Du Quoin	Tamaroa
1-unit, detached	72.2%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Du Quoin	Tamaroa
Poverty rate	28.2%	7.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1963	1963