Big Rock vs Burlington

A side-by-side comparison of Big Rock and Burlington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Rock has the higher population (1,208 vs 479 in Burlington). Big Rock has the higher median household income ($126,667 vs $83,250 in Burlington). Big Rock has the higher median home value ($290,100 vs $283,300 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Burlington
Population	1,208	479
Median age	40.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$126,667	$83,250
Median home value	$290,100	$283,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,196
Housing units	442	220
Homeownership rate	96.0%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Burlington
Population	1,236 → 1,208 (-2.3%)	681 → 479 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$96,369 → $126,667 (+31.4%)	$79,107 → $83,250 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$237,400 → $290,100 (+22.2%)	$194,400 → $283,300 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,408 (+28.0%)	$1,283 → $1,196 (-6.8%)

Big Rock

Population

1,2361,208

Median household income

$96,369$126,667

Median home value

$237,400$290,100

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,408

Burlington

Population

681479

Median household income

$79,107$83,250

Median home value

$194,400$283,300

Median gross rent

$1,283$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Burlington
Under 5	7.9%	9.4%
5 to 17	19.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	7.5%
55 to 64	17.4%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	11.3%
75 and over	8.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Burlington
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	Burlington
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Burlington
Drove alone	67.9%	85.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Burlington
1-unit, detached	97.1%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Burlington
Poverty rate	4.6%	14.1%
Average household size	2.86	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1972	1967