Kane vs Roodhouse

A side-by-side comparison of Kane and Roodhouse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roodhouse has the higher population (1,662 vs 246 in Kane). Kane has the higher median household income ($57,794 vs $51,667 in Roodhouse). Kane has the higher median home value ($81,100 vs $70,300 in Roodhouse).

Population, income & housing

	Kane	Roodhouse
Population	246	1,662
Median age	41.5 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,794	$51,667
Median home value	$81,100	$70,300
Median gross rent	$833	$703
Housing units	147	835
Homeownership rate	81.8%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kane	Roodhouse
Population	255 → 246 (-3.5%)	1,757 → 1,662 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$29,250 → $57,794 (+97.6%)	$35,227 → $51,667 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$67,000 → $81,100 (+21.0%)	$56,000 → $70,300 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $833 (+35.9%)	$676 → $703 (+4.0%)

Kane

Population

255246

Median household income

$29,250$57,794

Median home value

$67,000$81,100

Median gross rent

$613$833

Roodhouse

Population

1,7571,662

Median household income

$35,227$51,667

Median home value

$56,000$70,300

Median gross rent

$676$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kane	Roodhouse
Under 5	1.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	22.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.6%
75 and over	4.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kane	Roodhouse
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kane	Roodhouse
No high school diploma	16.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	50.5%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kane	Roodhouse
Drove alone	81.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kane	Roodhouse
1-unit, detached	72.8%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Kane	Roodhouse
Poverty rate	16.0%	23.7%
Average household size	2.80	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1942	1953