Piper City vs Roberts

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

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

Piper City has the higher population (716 vs 493 in Roberts). Roberts has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $39,338 in Piper City). Piper City has the higher median home value ($76,600 vs $64,600 in Roberts).

Population, income & housing

	Piper City	Roberts
Population	716	493
Median age	45.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,338	$63,438
Median home value	$76,600	$64,600
Median gross rent	$786	$786
Housing units	373	200
Homeownership rate	72.6%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piper City	Roberts
Population	878 → 716 (-18.5%)	388 → 493 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$40,592 → $39,338 (-3.1%)	$29,688 → $63,438 (+113.7%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $76,600 (+6.4%)	$50,000 → $64,600 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $786 (+6.2%)	$816 → $786 (-3.7%)

Piper City

Population

878716

Median household income

$40,592$39,338

Median home value

$72,000$76,600

Median gross rent

$740$786

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)

	Piper City	Roberts
Under 5	1.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	26.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.3%	17.8%
55 to 64	19.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.3%
75 and over	8.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piper City	Roberts
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	89.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piper City	Roberts
No high school diploma	6.7%	16.6%
High school graduate	48.2%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piper City	Roberts
Drove alone	77.8%	71.5%
Carpooled	12.8%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piper City	Roberts
1-unit, detached	83.6%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Piper City	Roberts
Poverty rate	13.4%	24.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1951	1949