Flat Rock vs Palestine

A side-by-side comparison of Flat Rock and Palestine: population, income, housing, and more.

Flat Rock and Palestine are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palestine has the higher population (1,396 vs 362 in Flat Rock). Palestine has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $49,881 in Flat Rock). Palestine has the higher median home value ($75,800 vs $56,700 in Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Palestine
Population	362	1,396
Median age	37.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,881	$60,000
Median home value	$56,700	$75,800
Median gross rent	—	$755
Housing units	169	666
Homeownership rate	87.2%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Palestine
Population	378 → 362 (-4.2%)	1,185 → 1,396 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $49,881 (+42.5%)	$38,661 → $60,000 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$55,300 → $56,700 (+2.5%)	$57,000 → $75,800 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $867 (+26.0%)	$470 → $755 (+60.6%)

Flat Rock

Population

378362

Median household income

$35,000$49,881

Median home value

$55,300$56,700

Median gross rent

$688$867

Palestine

Population

1,1851,396

Median household income

$38,661$60,000

Median home value

$57,000$75,800

Median gross rent

$470$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Palestine
Under 5	7.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	19.1%
65 to 74	4.4%	16.5%
75 and over	12.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Palestine
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Palestine
Drove alone	83.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Palestine
1-unit, detached	85.8%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Palestine
Poverty rate	14.4%	10.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1947	1954