Byron vs Rochelle

A side-by-side comparison of Byron and Rochelle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rochelle has the higher population (9,477 vs 3,742 in Byron). Byron has the higher median household income ($78,235 vs $63,373 in Rochelle). Byron has the higher median home value ($182,600 vs $153,000 in Rochelle).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Rochelle
Population	3,742	9,477
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,235	$63,373
Median home value	$182,600	$153,000
Median gross rent	$941	$962
Housing units	1,521	4,148
Homeownership rate	70.9%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Rochelle
Population	3,611 → 3,742 (+3.6%)	9,160 → 9,477 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$61,471 → $78,235 (+27.3%)	$49,295 → $63,373 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $182,600 (+27.4%)	$114,500 → $153,000 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $941 (+23.5%)	$782 → $962 (+23.0%)

Byron

Population

3,6113,742

Median household income

$61,471$78,235

Median home value

$143,300$182,600

Median gross rent

$762$941

Rochelle

Population

9,1609,477

Median household income

$49,295$63,373

Median home value

$114,500$153,000

Median gross rent

$782$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Rochelle
Under 5	7.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	15.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	6.7%
75 and over	8.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Rochelle
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	67.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Rochelle
No high school diploma	4.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	28.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Rochelle
Drove alone	78.2%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.0%
Other means	2.6%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Rochelle
1-unit, detached	74.3%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Rochelle
Poverty rate	9.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1984	1971