Pontoon Beach vs Rosewood Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Pontoon Beach and Rosewood Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Pontoon Beach and Rosewood Heights are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pontoon Beach has the higher population (6,131 vs 4,047 in Rosewood Heights). Rosewood Heights has the higher median household income ($80,753 vs $59,375 in Pontoon Beach). Pontoon Beach has the higher median home value ($137,900 vs $125,900 in Rosewood Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Pontoon Beach	Rosewood Heights
Population	6,131	4,047
Median age	33.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$80,753
Median home value	$137,900	$125,900
Median gross rent	$1,117	—
Housing units	2,539	1,708
Homeownership rate	67.1%	98.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pontoon Beach	Rosewood Heights
Population	5,793 → 6,131 (+5.8%)	4,063 → 4,047 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$53,341 → $59,375 (+11.3%)	$72,951 → $80,753 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$95,200 → $137,900 (+44.9%)	$121,700 → $125,900 (+3.5%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $1,117 (+31.6%)	$749 → $811 (+8.3%)

Pontoon Beach

Population

5,7936,131

Median household income

$53,341$59,375

Median home value

$95,200$137,900

Median gross rent

$849$1,117

Rosewood Heights

Population

4,0634,047

Median household income

$72,951$80,753

Median home value

$121,700$125,900

Median gross rent

$749$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pontoon Beach	Rosewood Heights
Under 5	8.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.5%
75 and over	3.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pontoon Beach	Rosewood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	8.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pontoon Beach	Rosewood Heights
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	38.4%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pontoon Beach	Rosewood Heights
Drove alone	78.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	2.6%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	16.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pontoon Beach	Rosewood Heights
1-unit, detached	57.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pontoon Beach	Rosewood Heights
Poverty rate	14.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1991	1959