Flat Rock vs Robinson

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

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

Robinson has the higher population (7,005 vs 362 in Flat Rock). Robinson has the higher median household income ($67,591 vs $49,881 in Flat Rock). Robinson has the higher median home value ($102,600 vs $56,700 in Flat Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Rock	Robinson
Population	362	7,005
Median age	37.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,881	$67,591
Median home value	$56,700	$102,600
Median gross rent	—	$809
Housing units	169	3,131
Homeownership rate	87.2%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Rock	Robinson
Population	378 → 362 (-4.2%)	7,614 → 7,005 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $49,881 (+42.5%)	$44,292 → $67,591 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$55,300 → $56,700 (+2.5%)	$77,600 → $102,600 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $867 (+26.0%)	$647 → $809 (+25.0%)

Flat Rock

Population

378362

Median household income

$35,000$49,881

Median home value

$55,300$56,700

Median gross rent

$688$867

Robinson

Population

7,6147,005

Median household income

$44,292$67,591

Median home value

$77,600$102,600

Median gross rent

$647$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flat Rock	Robinson
Under 5	7.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	7.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	4.4%	9.4%
75 and over	12.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Rock	Robinson
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Rock	Robinson
No high school diploma	8.1%	18.4%
High school graduate	32.9%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Rock	Robinson
Drove alone	83.9%	84.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Rock	Robinson
1-unit, detached	85.8%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Flat Rock	Robinson
Poverty rate	14.4%	7.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	12
Median year structure built	1947	1957