Como vs Tampico

A side-by-side comparison of Como and Tampico: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tampico has the higher population (607 vs 581 in Como). Como has the higher median household income ($59,417 vs $58,281 in Tampico). Como has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $87,700 in Tampico).

Population, income & housing

	Como	Tampico
Population	581	607
Median age	37.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,417	$58,281
Median home value	$154,000	$87,700
Median gross rent	—	$893
Housing units	201	289
Homeownership rate	83.1%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Como	Tampico
Population	593 → 581 (-2.0%)	734 → 607 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$77,569 → $59,417 (-23.4%)	$53,239 → $58,281 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $154,000 (+2.2%)	$79,900 → $87,700 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$646 → $893 (+38.2%)

Como

Population

593581

Median household income

$77,569$59,417

Median home value

$150,700$154,000

Tampico

Population

734607

Median household income

$53,239$58,281

Median home value

$79,900$87,700

Median gross rent

$646$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Como	Tampico
Under 5	1.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	28.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	1.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	17.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.4%
75 and over	4.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Como	Tampico
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	88.3%
Black or African American	5.7%	1.8%
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	15.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Como	Tampico
No high school diploma	10.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Como	Tampico
Drove alone	57.1%	91.6%
Carpooled	18.2%	5.5%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	14.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Como	Tampico
1-unit, detached	90.5%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Como	Tampico
Poverty rate	22.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1958	1952