Pawnee vs Rochester

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

Pawnee 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 2,706 in Pawnee). Rochester has the higher median household income ($112,689 vs $77,977 in Pawnee). Rochester has the higher median home value ($241,900 vs $151,100 in Pawnee).

Population, income & housing

	Pawnee	Rochester
Population	2,706	3,784
Median age	45.4 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,977	$112,689
Median home value	$151,100	$241,900
Median gross rent	$852	$1,333
Housing units	1,281	1,447
Homeownership rate	78.8%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawnee	Rochester
Population	2,594 → 2,706 (+4.3%)	3,801 → 3,784 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$71,313 → $77,977 (+9.3%)	$96,111 → $112,689 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $151,100 (+19.0%)	$193,600 → $241,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $852 (-6.2%)	$1,085 → $1,333 (+22.9%)

Pawnee

Population

2,5942,706

Median household income

$71,313$77,977

Median home value

$127,000$151,100

Median gross rent

$908$852

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)

	Pawnee	Rochester
Under 5	5.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.6%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	19.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.2%
75 and over	6.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawnee	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawnee	Rochester
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawnee	Rochester
Drove alone	85.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	15.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawnee	Rochester
1-unit, detached	83.2%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pawnee	Rochester
Poverty rate	13.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1972	1985