Rock Island vs Silvis

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

Rock Island and Silvis 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 7,939 in Silvis). Silvis has the higher median household income ($67,569 vs $57,292 in Rock Island). Silvis has the higher median home value ($161,300 vs $118,400 in Rock Island).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Island	Silvis
Population	36,758	7,939
Median age	37.1 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,292	$67,569
Median home value	$118,400	$161,300
Median gross rent	$819	$975
Housing units	17,262	4,538
Homeownership rate	63.5%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Island	Silvis
Population	38,111 → 36,758 (-3.6%)	7,497 → 7,939 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$48,680 → $57,292 (+17.7%)	$53,634 → $67,569 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $118,400 (+13.2%)	$117,600 → $161,300 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $819 (+12.3%)	$798 → $975 (+22.2%)

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

Silvis

Population

7,4977,939

Median household income

$53,634$67,569

Median home value

$117,600$161,300

Median gross rent

$798$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Island	Silvis
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	14.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.5%
75 and over	7.2%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Island	Silvis
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	74.4%
Black or African American	15.2%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Island	Silvis
No high school diploma	10.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	30.9%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Island	Silvis
Drove alone	76.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	13.4%
Public transit	2.4%	2.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	3.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Island	Silvis
1-unit, detached	66.3%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	8.4%	22.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Rock Island	Silvis
Poverty rate	20.9%	16.2%
Average household size	2.15	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1952	1974