Rockport vs Valley City

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

Rockport and Valley City 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 15 in Valley City). Since 2019, Rockport's population has grown faster (-2.0% vs -31.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Rockport	Valley City
Population	48	15
Median age	63.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,278	—
Median home value	$50,000	—
Housing units	41	16
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockport	Valley City
Population	49 → 48 (-2.0%)	22 → 15 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$110,125 → $125,278 (+13.8%)	—
Median home value	$45,500 → $50,000 (+9.9%)	—

Rockport

Population

4948

Median household income

$110,125$125,278

Median home value

$45,500$50,000

Valley City

Population

2215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockport	Valley City
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	73.3%
45 to 54	20.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	31.3%	26.7%
65 to 74	18.8%	0.0%
75 and over	2.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockport	Valley City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	100.0%
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	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockport	Valley City
No high school diploma	0.0%	26.7%
High school graduate	17.9%	73.3%
Some college or associate's	76.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockport	Valley City
Drove alone	59.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	40.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockport	Valley City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	25.0%
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	0.0%	75.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockport	Valley City
Poverty rate	0.0%	33.3%
Average household size	2.40	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1938	1997