Elmwood vs Rome

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

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

Elmwood has the higher population (2,254 vs 1,628 in Rome). Rome has the higher median household income ($95,263 vs $87,644 in Elmwood). Rome has the higher median home value ($155,700 vs $144,600 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Rome
Population	2,254	1,628
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,644	$95,263
Median home value	$144,600	$155,700
Median gross rent	$761	$1,107
Housing units	952	690
Homeownership rate	75.7%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Rome
Population	2,367 → 2,254 (-4.8%)	1,525 → 1,628 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $87,644 (+28.5%)	$62,031 → $95,263 (+53.6%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $144,600 (+4.7%)	$133,100 → $155,700 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $761 (+19.1%)	$894 → $1,107 (+23.8%)

Elmwood

Population

2,3672,254

Median household income

$68,194$87,644

Median home value

$138,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$639$761

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)

	Elmwood	Rome
Under 5	9.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	22.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	18.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.4%
75 and over	7.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Rome
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Rome
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	25.8%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Rome
Drove alone	70.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Rome
1-unit, detached	80.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Rome
Poverty rate	11.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1940	1960