Potomac vs Rossville

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

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

Rossville has the higher population (1,246 vs 612 in Potomac). Rossville has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $52,404 in Potomac). Rossville has the higher median home value ($97,800 vs $79,600 in Potomac).

Population, income & housing

	Potomac	Rossville
Population	612	1,246
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,404	$62,708
Median home value	$79,600	$97,800
Median gross rent	$742	$780
Housing units	278	542
Homeownership rate	82.4%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Potomac	Rossville
Population	804 → 612 (-23.9%)	1,320 → 1,246 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$50,341 → $52,404 (+4.1%)	$52,692 → $62,708 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $79,600 (+4.2%)	$77,800 → $97,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $742 (+15.8%)	$578 → $780 (+34.9%)

Potomac

Population

804612

Median household income

$50,341$52,404

Median home value

$76,400$79,600

Median gross rent

$641$742

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)

	Potomac	Rossville
Under 5	8.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	23.9%	25.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.9%
75 and over	6.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Potomac	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Potomac	Rossville
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	46.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Potomac	Rossville
Drove alone	87.3%	84.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	8.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Potomac	Rossville
1-unit, detached	86.0%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Potomac	Rossville
Poverty rate	6.7%	12.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1959	1948