Median household income is on the rise as Tuscola's golf course community and shopping facilities act as magnets for those who work in the Champaign-Urbana area, but who wish to live elsewhere.

In 1935, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created to provide economic relief to American citizens who had suffered through the Great Depression. Some visionary politicians organized to combine the creativity of the new art movements with American values. In this effort to provide employment for artists on relief, the first project of the WPA was the Federal Art Project. More than 5,000 jobs were created for artists commissioned to produce works of art to inspire the American people. Over 225,000 works of art were created by these artists, and although many have been destroyed or stolen, some can still be seen in our area. Tuscola's post office is the site of one of many murals painted during this period. It is an oil on canvas, produced by Edwin Boyd Johnson in 1941. Take a look at his painting called "The Old Days."