Strasburg vs Tower Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Strasburg and Tower Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Strasburg has the higher population (513 vs 387 in Tower Hill). Strasburg has the higher median household income ($65,833 vs $52,917 in Tower Hill). Strasburg has the higher median home value ($101,200 vs $61,300 in Tower Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Strasburg	Tower Hill
Population	513	387
Median age	35.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$52,917
Median home value	$101,200	$61,300
Median gross rent	$1,042	$792
Housing units	220	189
Homeownership rate	85.8%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Strasburg	Tower Hill
Population	536 → 513 (-4.3%)	816 → 387 (-52.6%)
Median household income	$60,156 → $65,833 (+9.4%)	$54,375 → $52,917 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $101,200 (+20.2%)	$49,400 → $61,300 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,042 (+34.5%)	$653 → $792 (+21.3%)

Strasburg

Population

536513

Median household income

$60,156$65,833

Median home value

$84,200$101,200

Median gross rent

$775$1,042

Tower Hill

Population

816387

Median household income

$54,375$52,917

Median home value

$49,400$61,300

Median gross rent

$653$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Strasburg	Tower Hill
Under 5	8.4%	13.2%
5 to 17	20.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	5.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.7%
75 and over	8.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Strasburg	Tower Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.7%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Strasburg	Tower Hill
No high school diploma	2.0%	21.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Strasburg	Tower Hill
Drove alone	85.6%	85.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	9.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Strasburg	Tower Hill
1-unit, detached	96.4%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Strasburg	Tower Hill
Poverty rate	3.3%	19.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1966	1958