Tower Hill vs Westervelt

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

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

Tower Hill has the higher population (387 vs 24 in Westervelt). Since 2019, Westervelt's population has grown faster (-48.9% vs -52.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Tower Hill	Westervelt
Population	387	24
Median age	38.6 yrs	15.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,917	—
Median home value	$61,300	—
Median gross rent	$792	—
Housing units	189	29
Homeownership rate	85.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tower Hill	Westervelt
Population	816 → 387 (-52.6%)	47 → 24 (-48.9%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $52,917 (-2.7%)	—
Median home value	$49,400 → $61,300 (+24.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$653 → $792 (+21.3%)	—

Tower Hill

Population

816387

Median household income

$54,375$52,917

Median home value

$49,400$61,300

Median gross rent

$653$792

Westervelt

Population

4724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tower Hill	Westervelt
Under 5	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	70.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	29.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	0.0%
75 and over	5.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tower Hill	Westervelt
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	100.0%
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	13.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tower Hill	Westervelt
No high school diploma	21.0%	100.0%
High school graduate	48.6%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tower Hill	Westervelt
Drove alone	85.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tower Hill	Westervelt
1-unit, detached	65.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
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	32.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Tower Hill	Westervelt
Poverty rate	19.1%	100.0%
Average household size	2.76	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1958	1957