Erie vs Tampico

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

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

Erie has the higher population (1,658 vs 607 in Tampico). Erie has the higher median household income ($86,750 vs $58,281 in Tampico). Erie has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $87,700 in Tampico).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Tampico
Population	1,658	607
Median age	42.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,750	$58,281
Median home value	$147,300	$87,700
Median gross rent	$740	$893
Housing units	785	289
Homeownership rate	71.6%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Tampico
Population	1,496 → 1,658 (+10.8%)	734 → 607 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $86,750 (+20.7%)	$53,239 → $58,281 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$130,000 → $147,300 (+13.3%)	$79,900 → $87,700 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $740 (+22.3%)	$646 → $893 (+38.2%)

Erie

Population

1,4961,658

Median household income

$71,875$86,750

Median home value

$130,000$147,300

Median gross rent

$605$740

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)

	Erie	Tampico
Under 5	5.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	24.8%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.4%
75 and over	9.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Tampico
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Tampico
No high school diploma	5.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	34.0%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Tampico
Drove alone	92.0%	91.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Tampico
1-unit, detached	86.5%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Tampico
Poverty rate	6.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1967	1952