LaSalle County vs Tazewell County

A side-by-side comparison of LaSalle County and Tazewell County: population, income, housing, and more.

LaSalle County and Tazewell County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tazewell County has the higher population (130,555 vs 109,049 in LaSalle County). Tazewell County has the higher median household income ($76,704 vs $72,281 in LaSalle County). Tazewell County has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $154,900 in LaSalle County).

Population, income & housing

	LaSalle County	Tazewell County
Population	109,049	130,555
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,281	$76,704
Median home value	$154,900	$164,500
Median gross rent	$906	$898
Housing units	49,838	58,664
Homeownership rate	73.9%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	LaSalle County	Tazewell County
Population	109,737 → 109,049 (-0.6%)	133,195 → 130,555 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$58,142 → $72,281 (+24.3%)	$63,454 → $76,704 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$127,200 → $154,900 (+21.8%)	$142,000 → $164,500 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $906 (+16.6%)	$741 → $898 (+21.2%)

LaSalle County

Population

109,737109,049

Median household income

$58,142$72,281

Median home value

$127,200$154,900

Median gross rent

$777$906

Tazewell County

Population

133,195130,555

Median household income

$63,454$76,704

Median home value

$142,000$164,500

Median gross rent

$741$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	LaSalle County	Tazewell County
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.3%
75 and over	8.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	LaSalle County	Tazewell County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	92.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	LaSalle County	Tazewell County
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	36.0%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	LaSalle County	Tazewell County
Drove alone	84.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	LaSalle County	Tazewell County
1-unit, detached	79.2%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	2.5%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	LaSalle County	Tazewell County
Poverty rate	13.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1963	1969