Hoopeston vs Rossville

A side-by-side comparison of Hoopeston and Rossville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hoopeston has the higher population (5,039 vs 1,246 in Rossville). Rossville has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $55,180 in Hoopeston). Rossville has the higher median home value ($97,800 vs $63,400 in Hoopeston).

Population, income & housing

	Hoopeston	Rossville
Population	5,039	1,246
Median age	44.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,180	$62,708
Median home value	$63,400	$97,800
Median gross rent	$803	$780
Housing units	2,529	542
Homeownership rate	68.8%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoopeston	Rossville
Population	5,102 → 5,039 (-1.2%)	1,320 → 1,246 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$43,914 → $55,180 (+25.7%)	$52,692 → $62,708 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $63,400 (+1.4%)	$77,800 → $97,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $803 (+29.3%)	$578 → $780 (+34.9%)

Hoopeston

Population

5,1025,039

Median household income

$43,914$55,180

Median home value

$62,500$63,400

Median gross rent

$621$803

Rossville

Population

1,3201,246

Median household income

$52,692$62,708

Median home value

$77,800$97,800

Median gross rent

$578$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hoopeston	Rossville
Under 5	1.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	25.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	16.0%	8.9%
75 and over	6.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoopeston	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	78.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoopeston	Rossville
No high school diploma	13.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	42.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoopeston	Rossville
Drove alone	75.6%	84.5%
Carpooled	12.3%	3.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	8.6%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoopeston	Rossville
1-unit, detached	80.4%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.9%
20 or more units	2.8%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hoopeston	Rossville
Poverty rate	15.3%	12.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1940	1948