Big Rock vs Virgil

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

Big Rock and Virgil 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 310 in Virgil). Big Rock has the higher median household income ($126,667 vs $97,500 in Virgil). Virgil has the higher median home value ($301,500 vs $290,100 in Big Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	Virgil
Population	1,208	310
Median age	40.6 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$126,667	$97,500
Median home value	$290,100	$301,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,058
Housing units	442	134
Homeownership rate	96.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	Virgil
Population	1,236 → 1,208 (-2.3%)	406 → 310 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$96,369 → $126,667 (+31.4%)	$91,786 → $97,500 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$237,400 → $290,100 (+22.2%)	$214,800 → $301,500 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,408 (+28.0%)	$1,667 → $1,058 (-36.5%)

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

Virgil

Population

406310

Median household income

$91,786$97,500

Median home value

$214,800$301,500

Median gross rent

$1,667$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	Virgil
Under 5	7.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	21.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	19.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	12.9%
75 and over	8.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	Virgil
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.3%
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%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	Virgil
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	Virgil
Drove alone	67.9%	75.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.8%
Public transit	1.8%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	Virgil
1-unit, detached	97.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	Virgil
Poverty rate	4.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.86	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1972	1971