Big Rock vs Maple Park

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

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

Maple Park has the higher population (1,939 vs 1,208 in Big Rock). Big Rock has the higher median household income ($126,667 vs $106,250 in Maple Park). Big Rock has the higher median home value ($290,100 vs $265,000 in Maple Park).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Maple Park
Population	1,208	1,939
Median age	40.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$126,667	$106,250
Median home value	$290,100	$265,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,683
Housing units	442	650
Homeownership rate	96.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Maple Park
Population	1,236 → 1,208 (-2.3%)	1,650 → 1,939 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$96,369 → $126,667 (+31.4%)	$96,719 → $106,250 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$237,400 → $290,100 (+22.2%)	$201,200 → $265,000 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,408 (+28.0%)	$1,505 → $1,683 (+11.8%)

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

Maple Park

Population

1,6501,939

Median household income

$96,719$106,250

Median home value

$201,200$265,000

Median gross rent

$1,505$1,683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Maple Park
Under 5	7.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.0%
75 and over	8.9%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Maple Park
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	Maple Park
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Maple Park
Drove alone	67.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.9%
Public transit	1.8%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Maple Park
1-unit, detached	97.1%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Maple Park
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.86	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1972	1998