Port Byron vs Rapids City

A side-by-side comparison of Port Byron and Rapids City: population, income, housing, and more.

Port Byron and Rapids City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Byron has the higher population (1,959 vs 1,012 in Rapids City). Port Byron has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $90,750 in Rapids City). Port Byron has the higher median home value ($259,300 vs $207,600 in Rapids City).

Population, income & housing

	Port Byron	Rapids City
Population	1,959	1,012
Median age	42.0 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$90,750
Median home value	$259,300	$207,600
Median gross rent	$513	—
Housing units	793	464
Homeownership rate	85.2%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Byron	Rapids City
Population	2,101 → 1,959 (-6.8%)	1,065 → 1,012 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $101,250 (+47.3%)	$75,536 → $90,750 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$201,700 → $259,300 (+28.6%)	$180,100 → $207,600 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $513 (-18.2%)	$908 → $1,193 (+31.4%)

Port Byron

Population

2,1011,959

Median household income

$68,750$101,250

Median home value

$201,700$259,300

Median gross rent

$627$513

Rapids City

Population

1,0651,012

Median household income

$75,536$90,750

Median home value

$180,100$207,600

Median gross rent

$908$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Byron	Rapids City
Under 5	5.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	4.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	16.1%
75 and over	6.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Byron	Rapids City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Byron	Rapids City
No high school diploma	3.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	21.4%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Byron	Rapids City
Drove alone	76.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	9.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Byron	Rapids City
1-unit, detached	85.8%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Byron	Rapids City
Poverty rate	8.6%	3.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1975	1974