Galt vs Tampico

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

Galt 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 163 in Galt). Galt has the higher median household income ($108,173 vs $58,281 in Tampico). Galt has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $87,700 in Tampico).

Population, income & housing

	Galt	Tampico
Population	163	607
Median age	59.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,173	$58,281
Median home value	$187,500	$87,700
Median gross rent	—	$893
Housing units	103	289
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galt	Tampico
Population	204 → 163 (-20.1%)	734 → 607 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$58,207 → $108,173 (+85.8%)	$53,239 → $58,281 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $187,500 (+90.5%)	$79,900 → $87,700 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$646 → $893 (+38.2%)

Galt

Population

204163

Median household income

$58,207$108,173

Median home value

$98,400$187,500

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)

	Galt	Tampico
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	4.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	23.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	28.8%	7.4%
75 and over	11.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galt	Tampico
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galt	Tampico
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	45.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galt	Tampico
Drove alone	100.0%	91.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galt	Tampico
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Galt	Tampico
Poverty rate	5.5%	11.5%
Average household size	1.58	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	42	28
Median year structure built	1954	1952