Kempton vs Roberts

A side-by-side comparison of Kempton and Roberts: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roberts has the higher population (493 vs 221 in Kempton). Kempton has the higher median household income ($71,786 vs $63,438 in Roberts). Roberts has the higher median home value ($64,600 vs $56,700 in Kempton).

Population, income & housing

	Kempton	Roberts
Population	221	493
Median age	38.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,786	$63,438
Median home value	$56,700	$64,600
Median gross rent	$938	$786
Housing units	112	200
Homeownership rate	88.5%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kempton	Roberts
Population	220 → 221 (+0.5%)	388 → 493 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $71,786 (+37.8%)	$29,688 → $63,438 (+113.7%)
Median home value	$50,800 → $56,700 (+11.6%)	$50,000 → $64,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,048 → $938 (-10.5%)	$816 → $786 (-3.7%)

Kempton

Population

220221

Median household income

$52,083$71,786

Median home value

$50,800$56,700

Median gross rent

$1,048$938

Roberts

Population

388493

Median household income

$29,688$63,438

Median home value

$50,000$64,600

Median gross rent

$816$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kempton	Roberts
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	26.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	5.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	33.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	17.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	5.9%	6.3%
75 and over	3.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kempton	Roberts
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	1.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kempton	Roberts
No high school diploma	2.6%	16.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kempton	Roberts
Drove alone	83.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kempton	Roberts
1-unit, detached	92.0%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Kempton	Roberts
Poverty rate	13.1%	24.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	38	30
Median year structure built	1938	1949