Paxton vs Roberts

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

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

Paxton has the higher population (4,201 vs 493 in Roberts). Roberts has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $60,470 in Paxton). Paxton has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $64,600 in Roberts).

Population, income & housing

	Paxton	Roberts
Population	4,201	493
Median age	39.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,470	$63,438
Median home value	$116,700	$64,600
Median gross rent	$922	$786
Housing units	2,041	200
Homeownership rate	70.3%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paxton	Roberts
Population	4,220 → 4,201 (-0.5%)	388 → 493 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$53,917 → $60,470 (+12.2%)	$29,688 → $63,438 (+113.7%)
Median home value	$94,800 → $116,700 (+23.1%)	$50,000 → $64,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $922 (+40.8%)	$816 → $786 (-3.7%)

Paxton

Population

4,2204,201

Median household income

$53,917$60,470

Median home value

$94,800$116,700

Median gross rent

$655$922

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)

	Paxton	Roberts
Under 5	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	26.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	17.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.3%
75 and over	11.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paxton	Roberts
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paxton	Roberts
No high school diploma	6.0%	16.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paxton	Roberts
Drove alone	81.2%	71.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paxton	Roberts
1-unit, detached	78.7%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Paxton	Roberts
Poverty rate	9.0%	24.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1957	1949