Cave-In-Rock vs Rosiclare

A side-by-side comparison of Cave-In-Rock and Rosiclare: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rosiclare has the higher population (921 vs 229 in Cave-In-Rock). Rosiclare has the higher median household income ($43,275 vs $26,563 in Cave-In-Rock). Since 2019, Rosiclare's population has grown faster (+32.7% vs -16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cave-In-Rock	Rosiclare
Population	229	921
Median age	49.9 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$26,563	$43,275
Median home value	—	$55,500
Median gross rent	$454	$414
Housing units	154	433
Homeownership rate	53.3%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.5%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave-In-Rock	Rosiclare
Population	273 → 229 (-16.1%)	694 → 921 (+32.7%)
Median household income	$49,286 → $26,563 (-46.1%)	$37,841 → $43,275 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $35,800 (-22.8%)	$51,300 → $55,500 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$467 → $454 (-2.8%)	$401 → $414 (+3.2%)

Cave-In-Rock

Population

273229

Median household income

$49,286$26,563

Median home value

$46,400$35,800

Median gross rent

$467$454

Rosiclare

Population

694921

Median household income

$37,841$43,275

Median home value

$51,300$55,500

Median gross rent

$401$414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave-In-Rock	Rosiclare
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	6.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	25.8%	5.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	7.9%	27.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	18.3%	6.3%
75 and over	14.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave-In-Rock	Rosiclare
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave-In-Rock	Rosiclare
No high school diploma	22.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	42.8%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave-In-Rock	Rosiclare
Drove alone	89.4%	85.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave-In-Rock	Rosiclare
1-unit, detached	68.2%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Cave-In-Rock	Rosiclare
Poverty rate	26.2%	14.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1956	1958