TiltonIL
A town of 2,537, settled in 1864.
Is Tilton a good place to live?
Tilton grades D− overall, 760th among Illinois's 767 graded towns, mostly because of schools and health. Its schools rank among the lowest in Illinois on tests and graduation. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 91% of the country. One bright spot: homes are within reach, about $86K for a typical one, or 1.5 years of the Danville area’s $57K median household income. Tilton’s property crime rate is 31.5 per 1,000 residents, above both Illinois’ towns (7.9) and U.S. towns (9.9). On safety, just 33 of Illinois’ 405 towns do worse. Tilton's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 98% of U.S. towns.
What makes Tilton stand out
Where Tilton beats most towns.
How Tilton grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Tilton is from typical.
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Moving to Tilton: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tilton, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Tilton.
Tilton has homes that are cheap against local pay and trades workers with Danville and other neighbors, but it reports property crime at about twice the Illinois rate.
Tilton’s grade for cost of living is an A−
At 1.5 years of the Danville area’s $57K median household income, the typical home (about $86K) costs less against local pay than in 93% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living. Home values rose 48% in five years, to about $86K, against 30% across Illinois.
Typical home values rose 14% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in Tilton is $877 a month.
| Tilton | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $877 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 75% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
A larger share of adults in Tilton have high blood pressure than in the typical Illinois or U.S. town
45% of Tilton adults have high blood pressure. Tilton beats the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 16% of Tilton adults have diabetes.
| Tilton | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 11% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Tilton | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.8% | 75.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 12% | 6.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More crime per resident in Tilton than in 87% of U.S. towns
Property crime runs at 31.5 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Illinois rate, most of it theft.
Tilton’s violent crime rate is 2 per 1,000 residents.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
In Tilton, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Tilton has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 18° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Tilton’s working residents commute to Danville
Tilton has about as many jobs (1,027) as working residents, but only 69 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 16.4 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Most working residents leave Tilton for work: only 6% work in town. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Tilton. Jobs based in Tilton grew to 1,027 in 2023, 218 more than in 2013.
| Tilton | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.8% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Moderate risk in Tilton, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Herschel Lake Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Tilton
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Tilton
About 4 of every 100 Tilton residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Tilton
Village in Illinois, United States
Tilton is a village in Danville Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,976 at the 2000 census, down to 2,724 in 2010 and down to 2,660 in 2020. It is named after Lucian Tilton, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, who worked for the railroads. Lincoln reputedly had Thanksgiving dinner at Tilton's house in the village in the 1850s.
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- Area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 643 ft
- ZIP code
- 61833
Tilton’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Tilton.
Questions about Tilton
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Tilton, IL a good place to live?
Tilton grades D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns and #760 of 767 in Illinois. It grades D for health, D for safety and D− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Tilton, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
What is Tilton, IL known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Bert Graham and Russ Meers.