With 2,453 people, Tilton is a city in Illinois. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. At a median age of 48.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Median home value sits at $70,400. 1% of people here were born outside the United States. That trails the Illinois median by roughly 33%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $55,697, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 48.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 19%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Tilton
What changed most since 1990
White share99.7% → 94.8%(−4.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population2,730 → 2,453(−10%)US over the same years: +35%
Adults with a bachelor's degree3.7% → 10.8%(+7.1 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Tilton's population equals 3.4% of Vermilion County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.7% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 2.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)26.9%(47)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34.9%(61)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4%(7)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 175 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Tilton, decade by decade
Tilton population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,730
$50,046
$77,522
3.7%
0.7
2000
2,976
$57,947
$87,075
5.2%
5.5
2010
2,724
$61,600
$78,546
4.5%
8.9
2020
2,660
$54,304
$81,207
7.1%
22.2
2024
2,453
$55,697
$70,400
10.8%
12.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
