Fulton vs Tampico

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

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

Fulton has the higher population (3,457 vs 607 in Tampico). Tampico has the higher median household income ($58,281 vs $42,452 in Fulton). Fulton has the higher median home value ($124,400 vs $87,700 in Tampico).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton	Tampico
Population	3,457	607
Median age	48.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,452	$58,281
Median home value	$124,400	$87,700
Median gross rent	$956	$893
Housing units	1,881	289
Homeownership rate	78.3%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton	Tampico
Population	3,178 → 3,457 (+8.8%)	734 → 607 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$52,193 → $42,452 (-18.7%)	$53,239 → $58,281 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $124,400 (+9.0%)	$79,900 → $87,700 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $956 (+41.4%)	$646 → $893 (+38.2%)

Fulton

Population

3,1783,457

Median household income

$52,193$42,452

Median home value

$114,100$124,400

Median gross rent

$676$956

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)

	Fulton	Tampico
Under 5	5.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	7.4%
75 and over	10.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton	Tampico
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
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	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton	Tampico
No high school diploma	12.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	45.6%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton	Tampico
Drove alone	82.7%	91.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	1.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton	Tampico
1-unit, detached	80.4%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Fulton	Tampico
Poverty rate	14.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1959	1952