Moline vs Rock Island

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

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

Moline has the higher population (42,235 vs 36,758 in Rock Island). Moline has the higher median household income ($63,959 vs $57,292 in Rock Island). Moline has the higher median home value ($141,900 vs $118,400 in Rock Island).

Population, income & housing

	Moline	Rock Island
Population	42,235	36,758
Median age	38.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,959	$57,292
Median home value	$141,900	$118,400
Median gross rent	$887	$819
Housing units	19,604	17,262
Homeownership rate	66.0%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moline	Rock Island
Population	41,920 → 42,235 (+0.8%)	38,111 → 36,758 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$54,431 → $63,959 (+17.5%)	$48,680 → $57,292 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $141,900 (+18.7%)	$104,600 → $118,400 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $887 (+15.2%)	$729 → $819 (+12.3%)

Moline

Population

41,92042,235

Median household income

$54,431$63,959

Median home value

$119,500$141,900

Median gross rent

$770$887

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)

	Moline	Rock Island
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	14.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.0%
75 and over	8.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moline	Rock Island
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	63.7%
Black or African American	9.9%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moline	Rock Island
No high school diploma	10.9%	10.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moline	Rock Island
Drove alone	78.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.9%
Public transit	1.9%	2.4%
Walked	1.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moline	Rock Island
1-unit, detached	67.5%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Moline	Rock Island
Poverty rate	16.0%	20.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1957	1952