Milan vs Rock Island

A side-by-side comparison of Milan and Rock Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rock Island has the higher population (36,758 vs 5,037 in Milan). Milan has the higher median household income ($61,188 vs $57,292 in Rock Island). Milan has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $118,400 in Rock Island).

Population, income & housing

	Milan	Rock Island
Population	5,037	36,758
Median age	36.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,188	$57,292
Median home value	$120,300	$118,400
Median gross rent	$817	$819
Housing units	2,610	17,262
Homeownership rate	67.3%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milan	Rock Island
Population	5,056 → 5,037 (-0.4%)	38,111 → 36,758 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$49,327 → $61,188 (+24.0%)	$48,680 → $57,292 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $120,300 (+11.1%)	$104,600 → $118,400 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $817 (+7.8%)	$729 → $819 (+12.3%)

Milan

Population

5,0565,037

Median household income

$49,327$61,188

Median home value

$108,300$120,300

Median gross rent

$758$817

Rock Island

Population

38,11136,758

Median household income

$48,680$57,292

Median home value

$104,600$118,400

Median gross rent

$729$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milan	Rock Island
Under 5	11.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	14.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.0%
75 and over	8.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milan	Rock Island
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	63.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milan	Rock Island
No high school diploma	9.7%	10.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milan	Rock Island
Drove alone	76.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.6%	2.4%
Walked	8.4%	4.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.6%	8.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milan	Rock Island
1-unit, detached	65.7%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Milan	Rock Island
Poverty rate	15.1%	20.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1968	1952