St. Johns vs Tamaroa

A side-by-side comparison of St. Johns and Tamaroa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tamaroa has the higher population (562 vs 134 in St. Johns). Tamaroa has the higher median household income ($48,194 vs $39,286 in St. Johns). St. Johns has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $76,600 in Tamaroa).

Population, income & housing

	St. Johns	Tamaroa
Population	134	562
Median age	53.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,286	$48,194
Median home value	$80,000	$76,600
Median gross rent	$760	$1,031
Housing units	89	259
Homeownership rate	76.5%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Johns	Tamaroa
Population	224 → 134 (-40.2%)	650 → 562 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$34,722 → $39,286 (+13.1%)	$55,417 → $48,194 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $80,000 (+21.2%)	$51,100 → $76,600 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $760 (-18.3%)	$617 → $1,031 (+67.1%)

St. Johns

Population

224134

Median household income

$34,722$39,286

Median home value

$66,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$930$760

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)

	St. Johns	Tamaroa
Under 5	3.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	17.3%
25 to 34	6.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	23.9%	19.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.0%
75 and over	11.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Johns	Tamaroa
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Johns	Tamaroa
No high school diploma	10.7%	13.4%
High school graduate	41.7%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Johns	Tamaroa
Drove alone	83.3%	91.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	7.5%
Public transit	6.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.4%
Other means	6.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Johns	Tamaroa
1-unit, detached	62.9%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	St. Johns	Tamaroa
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1976	1963