Big Rock vs Kaneville

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

Big Rock and Kaneville 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 615 in Kaneville). Big Rock has the higher median household income ($126,667 vs $86,477 in Kaneville). Kaneville has the higher median home value ($302,700 vs $290,100 in Big Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Kaneville
Population	1,208	615
Median age	40.6 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$126,667	$86,477
Median home value	$290,100	$302,700
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	442	260
Homeownership rate	96.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Kaneville
Population	1,236 → 1,208 (-2.3%)	434 → 615 (+41.7%)
Median household income	$96,369 → $126,667 (+31.4%)	$78,571 → $86,477 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$237,400 → $290,100 (+22.2%)	$236,500 → $302,700 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,408 (+28.0%)	$1,125 → $850 (-24.4%)

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

Kaneville

Population

434615

Median household income

$78,571$86,477

Median home value

$236,500$302,700

Median gross rent

$1,125$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Kaneville
Under 5	7.9%	2.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	15.8%
75 and over	8.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Kaneville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	Kaneville
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Kaneville
Drove alone	67.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.9%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Kaneville
1-unit, detached	97.1%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Kaneville
Poverty rate	4.6%	2.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1972	1972