Pearl vs Rockport

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

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

Pearl has the higher population (101 vs 48 in Rockport). Rockport has the higher median household income ($125,278 vs $54,167 in Pearl). Pearl has the higher median home value ($54,200 vs $50,000 in Rockport).

Population, income & housing

	Pearl	Rockport
Population	101	48
Median age	56.7 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$125,278
Median home value	$54,200	$50,000
Housing units	69	41
Homeownership rate	97.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearl	Rockport
Population	175 → 101 (-42.3%)	49 → 48 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$43,824 → $54,167 (+23.6%)	$110,125 → $125,278 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $54,200 (-29.6%)	$45,500 → $50,000 (+9.9%)

Pearl

Population

175101

Median household income

$43,824$54,167

Median home value

$77,000$54,200

Rockport

Population

4948

Median household income

$110,125$125,278

Median home value

$45,500$50,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pearl	Rockport
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	6.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.5%
25 to 34	3.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	20.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	31.3%
65 to 74	37.6%	18.8%
75 and over	6.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearl	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+

	Pearl	Rockport
No high school diploma	26.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	57.9%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearl	Rockport
Drove alone	63.3%	59.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	40.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearl	Rockport
1-unit, detached	88.4%	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	11.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pearl	Rockport
Poverty rate	12.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.97	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1946	1938