Dakota vs Rock City

A side-by-side comparison of Dakota and Rock City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dakota has the higher population (625 vs 378 in Rock City). Rock City has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $57,063 in Dakota). Rock City has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $115,700 in Dakota).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota	Rock City
Population	625	378
Median age	33.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,063	$70,000
Median home value	$115,700	$124,000
Median gross rent	$644	$845
Housing units	279	134
Homeownership rate	63.7%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota	Rock City
Population	562 → 625 (+11.2%)	323 → 378 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$57,679 → $57,063 (-1.1%)	$55,000 → $70,000 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $115,700 (+22.7%)	$99,100 → $124,000 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $644 (-4.6%)	$725 → $845 (+16.6%)

Dakota

Population

562625

Median household income

$57,679$57,063

Median home value

$94,300$115,700

Median gross rent

$675$644

Rock City

Population

323378

Median household income

$55,000$70,000

Median home value

$99,100$124,000

Median gross rent

$725$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota	Rock City
Under 5	6.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	25.8%	29.9%
18 to 24	12.6%	11.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	5.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.5%
75 and over	6.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota	Rock City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota	Rock City
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota	Rock City
Drove alone	68.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	15.0%	12.7%
Public transit	5.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	6.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota	Rock City
1-unit, detached	84.6%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Dakota	Rock City
Poverty rate	12.5%	4.5%
Average household size	2.91	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1945	1957