Rossville vs Tilton

A side-by-side comparison of Rossville and Tilton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tilton has the higher population (2,537 vs 1,246 in Rossville). Rossville has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $53,246 in Tilton). Rossville has the higher median home value ($97,800 vs $71,700 in Tilton).

Population, income & housing

	Rossville	Tilton
Population	1,246	2,537
Median age	38.1 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,708	$53,246
Median home value	$97,800	$71,700
Median gross rent	$780	$853
Housing units	542	1,319
Homeownership rate	75.7%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rossville	Tilton
Population	1,320 → 1,246 (-5.6%)	2,611 → 2,537 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$52,692 → $62,708 (+19.0%)	$43,201 → $53,246 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $97,800 (+25.7%)	$65,500 → $71,700 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $780 (+34.9%)	$742 → $853 (+15.0%)

Rossville

Population

1,3201,246

Median household income

$52,692$62,708

Median home value

$77,800$97,800

Median gross rent

$578$780

Tilton

Population

2,6112,537

Median household income

$43,201$53,246

Median home value

$65,500$71,700

Median gross rent

$742$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rossville	Tilton
Under 5	6.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	25.4%	6.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	13.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.7%
75 and over	9.8%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rossville	Tilton
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rossville	Tilton
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	38.3%	53.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rossville	Tilton
Drove alone	84.5%	89.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rossville	Tilton
1-unit, detached	86.2%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Rossville	Tilton
Poverty rate	12.9%	15.2%
Average household size	2.73	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1948	1961