Florence vs Rockport

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

Florence 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 12 in Florence). Rockport has the higher median household income ($125,278 vs $26,250 in Florence). Florence has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $50,000 in Rockport).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Rockport
Population	12	48
Median age	68.0 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$26,250	$125,278
Median home value	$75,000	$50,000
Housing units	29	41
Homeownership rate	75.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Rockport
Population	66 → 12 (-81.8%)	49 → 48 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$30,625 → $26,250 (-14.3%)	$110,125 → $125,278 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $75,000 (+36.4%)	$45,500 → $50,000 (+9.9%)

Florence

Population

6612

Median household income

$30,625$26,250

Median home value

$55,000$75,000

Rockport

Population

4948

Median household income

$110,125$125,278

Median home value

$45,500$50,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Rockport
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	6.3%
18 to 24	16.7%	12.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	20.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	31.3%
65 to 74	58.3%	18.8%
75 and over	16.7%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	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+

	Florence	Rockport
No high school diploma	30.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	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)

	Florence	Rockport
Drove alone	100.0%	59.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Florence	Rockport
1-unit, detached	89.7%	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	10.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Rockport
Poverty rate	25.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.50	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1948	1938