Prairie du Rocher vs Rockwood

A side-by-side comparison of Prairie du Rocher and Rockwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Prairie du Rocher and Rockwood are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prairie du Rocher has the higher population (432 vs 15 in Rockwood). Prairie du Rocher has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $56,250 in Rockwood). Since 2019, Prairie du Rocher's population has grown faster (-9.1% vs -44.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie du Rocher	Rockwood
Population	432	15
Median age	36.4 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$56,250
Median home value	$85,400	—
Median gross rent	$713	—
Housing units	209	8
Homeownership rate	83.8%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie du Rocher	Rockwood
Population	475 → 432 (-9.1%)	27 → 15 (-44.4%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $60,313 (+13.5%)	$49,375 → $56,250 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $85,400 (+7.7%)	$61,700 → $77,500 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $713 (-8.0%)	—

Prairie du Rocher

Population

475432

Median household income

$53,125$60,313

Median home value

$79,300$85,400

Median gross rent

$775$713

Rockwood

Population

2715

Median household income

$49,375$56,250

Median home value

$61,700$77,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie du Rocher	Rockwood
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	6.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	6.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	53.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	20.0%
75 and over	5.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie du Rocher	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie du Rocher	Rockwood
No high school diploma	7.2%	23.1%
High school graduate	47.5%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie du Rocher	Rockwood
Drove alone	77.4%	80.0%
Carpooled	13.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	20.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie du Rocher	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	82.8%	37.5%
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	17.2%	62.5%

Poverty & households

	Prairie du Rocher	Rockwood
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.50	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1959	1994