Roxana vs South Roxana

A side-by-side comparison of Roxana and South Roxana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Roxana has the higher population (2,180 vs 1,626 in Roxana). Roxana has the higher median household income ($66,125 vs $56,364 in South Roxana). Roxana has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $87,200 in South Roxana).

Population, income & housing

	Roxana	South Roxana
Population	1,626	2,180
Median age	40.5 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,125	$56,364
Median home value	$101,800	$87,200
Median gross rent	$949	$821
Housing units	764	933
Homeownership rate	73.2%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roxana	South Roxana
Population	1,517 → 1,626 (+7.2%)	2,073 → 2,180 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $66,125 (+38.0%)	$45,200 → $56,364 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$80,300 → $101,800 (+26.8%)	$76,400 → $87,200 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $949 (+20.9%)	$671 → $821 (+22.4%)

Roxana

Population

1,5171,626

Median household income

$47,917$66,125

Median home value

$80,300$101,800

Median gross rent

$785$949

South Roxana

Population

2,0732,180

Median household income

$45,200$56,364

Median home value

$76,400$87,200

Median gross rent

$671$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roxana	South Roxana
Under 5	7.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	15.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.8%
75 and over	7.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roxana	South Roxana
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	84.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roxana	South Roxana
No high school diploma	3.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	42.9%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roxana	South Roxana
Drove alone	90.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roxana	South Roxana
1-unit, detached	91.9%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Roxana	South Roxana
Poverty rate	15.0%	20.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1949	1973