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Population (year 2000): 685. Estimated
population in July 2005: 698 (+1.9% change)
Males: 335 (48.9%), Females: 350 (51.1%)
La Salle County
Zip code:
61370
Median resident age: 41.2 years
Median household income: $38,333 (year 2000)
Median house value: $77,900 (year 2000)
Races in Tonica:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.7%)
- Hispanic (4.1%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (40.4%), Irish (15.0%),
English (11.5%), Polish (11.2%), Italian (8.5%), United States
(7.2%).
Elevation: 660 feet
Land area: 1.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Tonica
- High school or higher: 81.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
- Unemployed: 2.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Tonica village
- Never married: 15.7%
- Now married: 61.7%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 10.4%
- Divorced: 12.2%
3.6% Foreign born (2.2% Latin America, 1.5%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -33 (-4.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Tonica:
- ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 9 miles;
PERU, IL)
- ST MARGARETS HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; SPRING
VALLEY, IL)
- ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; STREATOR, IL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Tonica:
- CENTRAL IL REGL ARPT AT BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL (about 53
miles; BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL, IL; ID: BMI)
- WHITESIDE CO ARPT-JOS H BITTORF FLD (about 55 miles;
STERLING/ROCKFALLS, IL; ID: SQI)
- GREATER PEORIA REGIONAL (about 58 miles; PEORIA, IL;
ID: PIA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Tonica:
- HARTENBOWER HECTARES (about 6 miles; LOSTANT, IL;
ID: 2V3)
- ILLINOIS VALLEY RGNL-WALTER A DUNCAN FIELD (about 11
miles; PERU, IL; ID: VYS)
- GRANDPAS' FARM MENDOTA (about 21 miles; MENDOTA, IL;
ID: 0C7)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Tonica:
- ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 6 miles;
OGLESBY, IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,272)
- HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; Normal,
IL; FT enrollment: 2,390)
- ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; NORMAL,
IL; FT enrollment: 18,785)
- ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles;
BLOOMINGTON, IL; FT enrollment: 2,019)
- KISHWAUKEE COLLEGE (about 51 miles; MALTA, IL; FT
enrollment: 2,289)
- BRADLEY UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles; PEORIA, IL; FT
enrollment: 5,262)
- NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles;
DeKalb, IL; FT enrollment: 19,477)
Public primary/middle school in Tonica:
- TONICA GRADE SCHOOL (Students: 194; Location:
535 N 1981ST RD; Grades: PK - 08)
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