Jerome vs Rochester

A side-by-side comparison of Jerome and Rochester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rochester has the higher population (3,784 vs 1,910 in Jerome). Rochester has the higher median household income ($112,689 vs $55,777 in Jerome). Rochester has the higher median home value ($241,900 vs $116,700 in Jerome).

Population, income & housing

	Jerome	Rochester
Population	1,910	3,784
Median age	34.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,777	$112,689
Median home value	$116,700	$241,900
Median gross rent	$954	$1,333
Housing units	1,026	1,447
Homeownership rate	69.3%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerome	Rochester
Population	2,073 → 1,910 (-7.9%)	3,801 → 3,784 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $55,777 (+5.7%)	$96,111 → $112,689 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $116,700 (+10.2%)	$193,600 → $241,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $954 (+4.3%)	$1,085 → $1,333 (+22.9%)

Jerome

Population

2,0731,910

Median household income

$52,750$55,777

Median home value

$105,900$116,700

Median gross rent

$915$954

Rochester

Population

3,8013,784

Median household income

$96,111$112,689

Median home value

$193,600$241,900

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jerome	Rochester
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	20.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.2%
75 and over	6.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerome	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jerome	Rochester
No high school diploma	1.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	25.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerome	Rochester
Drove alone	82.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	6.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerome	Rochester
1-unit, detached	91.7%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jerome	Rochester
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1959	1985