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Thomasboro, IL

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Population
1,003
U.S. Census Population Estimates Program · 2025
Elevation
730 ft
Median Home Value
$111,800
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Rent
$808/mo
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Income
$64,038
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024

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OverallBest places in IllinoisPopulation rankingHighest population places in IllinoisNearest larger communityRantoul, Illinois4.4 miles away · 11,991 residents.

About Thomasboro

Thomasboro is a Champaign County village of 1,034 residents in the 2020 census, set in central Illinois farm country. It bears the name of John Thomas, a pioneer settler, and its one-square-mile footprint grew around the Illinois Central Railroad. The rail line gave the village its address and tied it to the larger movement of grain, passengers, and farm goods across Champaign County. ZIP 61878 and a short road grid mark a place whose scale remains compact through the seasons.

Thomasboro Illinois grain elevators

Education connects Thomasboro to neighboring Rantoul: Thomasboro Community Consolidated School District 130 serves younger students, while Rantoul Township High School District 193 serves older grades. Village roads lead through fields toward Rantoul, Champaign-Urbana, and other county communities. There is no grand civic landmark here; the village's character is in the old rail alignment, school buses, farm horizons, and the name of a settler carried forward. Thomasboro is a small Illinois village built around a railroad line and an everyday school route.

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