Steeleville vs Tilden

A side-by-side comparison of Steeleville and Tilden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Steeleville has the higher population (1,732 vs 722 in Tilden). Steeleville has the higher median household income ($60,982 vs $45,625 in Tilden). Steeleville has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $72,300 in Tilden).

Population, income & housing

	Steeleville	Tilden
Population	1,732	722
Median age	47.5 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,982	$45,625
Median home value	$155,100	$72,300
Median gross rent	$775	$821
Housing units	890	356
Homeownership rate	70.4%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Steeleville	Tilden
Population	2,095 → 1,732 (-17.3%)	895 → 722 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$54,213 → $60,982 (+12.5%)	$37,159 → $45,625 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $155,100 (+69.5%)	$64,800 → $72,300 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $775 (+11.8%)	$635 → $821 (+29.3%)

Steeleville

Population

2,0951,732

Median household income

$54,213$60,982

Median home value

$91,500$155,100

Median gross rent

$693$775

Tilden

Population

895722

Median household income

$37,159$45,625

Median home value

$64,800$72,300

Median gross rent

$635$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Steeleville	Tilden
Under 5	1.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	7.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	4.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.2%
75 and over	14.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Steeleville	Tilden
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	84.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Steeleville	Tilden
No high school diploma	10.4%	23.5%
High school graduate	31.0%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Steeleville	Tilden
Drove alone	90.6%	83.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Steeleville	Tilden
1-unit, detached	76.4%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	29.8%

Poverty & households

	Steeleville	Tilden
Poverty rate	13.5%	22.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1971	1973