Blue Island vs Rolling Meadows

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Island and Rolling Meadows: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Island and Rolling Meadows are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rolling Meadows has the higher population (23,981 vs 23,416 in Blue Island). Rolling Meadows has the higher median household income ($100,424 vs $60,965 in Blue Island). Rolling Meadows has the higher median home value ($299,700 vs $169,800 in Blue Island).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Island	Rolling Meadows
Population	23,416	23,981
Median age	36.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,965	$100,424
Median home value	$169,800	$299,700
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,563
Housing units	9,340	9,637
Homeownership rate	49.1%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Island	Rolling Meadows
Population	22,611 → 23,416 (+3.6%)	23,219 → 23,981 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$48,398 → $60,965 (+26.0%)	$74,134 → $100,424 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $169,800 (+38.4%)	$241,200 → $299,700 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,071 (+23.5%)	$1,378 → $1,563 (+13.4%)

Blue Island

Population

22,61123,416

Median household income

$48,398$60,965

Median home value

$122,700$169,800

Median gross rent

$867$1,071

Rolling Meadows

Population

23,21923,981

Median household income

$74,134$100,424

Median home value

$241,200$299,700

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Island	Rolling Meadows
Under 5	5.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.4%
75 and over	4.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Island	Rolling Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	19.2%	53.8%
Black or African American	35.2%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Island	Rolling Meadows
No high school diploma	18.2%	13.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Island	Rolling Meadows
Drove alone	69.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	14.5%	9.8%
Public transit	8.2%	2.3%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	13.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Island	Rolling Meadows
1-unit, detached	44.1%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	24.3%	12.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Island	Rolling Meadows
Poverty rate	16.1%	6.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1961	1972