Bellevue vs Rome

A side-by-side comparison of Bellevue and Rome: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellevue has the higher population (2,158 vs 1,628 in Rome). Rome has the higher median household income ($95,263 vs $60,769 in Bellevue). Rome has the higher median home value ($155,700 vs $130,300 in Bellevue).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Rome
Population	2,158	1,628
Median age	45.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,769	$95,263
Median home value	$130,300	$155,700
Median gross rent	$748	$1,107
Housing units	1,024	690
Homeownership rate	71.3%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Rome
Population	2,008 → 2,158 (+7.5%)	1,525 → 1,628 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $60,769 (+31.8%)	$62,031 → $95,263 (+53.6%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $130,300 (+58.9%)	$133,100 → $155,700 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $748 (+15.6%)	$894 → $1,107 (+23.8%)

Bellevue

Population

2,0082,158

Median household income

$46,094$60,769

Median home value

$82,000$130,300

Median gross rent

$647$748

Rome

Population

1,5251,628

Median household income

$62,031$95,263

Median home value

$133,100$155,700

Median gross rent

$894$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Rome
Under 5	3.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.4%	22.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	23.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.4%
75 and over	6.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Rome
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	99.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Rome
No high school diploma	11.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	45.0%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Rome
Drove alone	66.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	16.1%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Rome
1-unit, detached	69.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Rome
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1974	1960