Rapids City vs Reynolds

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

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

Rapids City has the higher population (1,012 vs 600 in Reynolds). Rapids City has the higher median household income ($90,750 vs $87,500 in Reynolds). Rapids City has the higher median home value ($207,600 vs $151,600 in Reynolds).

Population, income & housing

	Rapids City	Reynolds
Population	1,012	600
Median age	46.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,750	$87,500
Median home value	$207,600	$151,600
Median gross rent	—	$870
Housing units	464	249
Homeownership rate	96.6%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rapids City	Reynolds
Population	1,065 → 1,012 (-5.0%)	543 → 600 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$75,536 → $90,750 (+20.1%)	$72,656 → $87,500 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$180,100 → $207,600 (+15.3%)	$120,000 → $151,600 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,193 (+31.4%)	$844 → $870 (+3.1%)

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

Reynolds

Population

543600

Median household income

$72,656$87,500

Median home value

$120,000$151,600

Median gross rent

$844$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rapids City	Reynolds
Under 5	2.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	4.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	20.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	9.0%
75 and over	8.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rapids City	Reynolds
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rapids City	Reynolds
No high school diploma	8.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	37.2%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rapids City	Reynolds
Drove alone	85.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	7.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rapids City	Reynolds
1-unit, detached	98.3%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rapids City	Reynolds
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1974	1962