Detroit vs Rockport

A side-by-side comparison of Detroit and Rockport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockport has the higher population (48 vs 31 in Detroit). Detroit has the higher median home value ($74,200 vs $50,000 in Rockport). Since 2019, Detroit's population has grown faster (+10.7% vs -2.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Rockport
Population	31	48
Median age	57.2 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$125,278
Median home value	$74,200	$50,000
Housing units	23	41
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Rockport
Population	28 → 31 (+10.7%)	49 → 48 (-2.0%)
Median household income	—	$110,125 → $125,278 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $74,200 (+17.2%)	$45,500 → $50,000 (+9.9%)

Detroit

Population

2831

Median home value

$63,300$74,200

Rockport

Population

4948

Median household income

$110,125$125,278

Median home value

$45,500$50,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Rockport
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	6.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	12.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	25.8%	20.8%
55 to 64	32.3%	31.3%
65 to 74	19.4%	18.8%
75 and over	3.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Rockport
No high school diploma	48.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Rockport
Drove alone	93.3%	59.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	40.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Rockport
1-unit, detached	87.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Rockport
Poverty rate	19.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1956	1938