Rossville vs Westville

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

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

Westville has the higher population (3,442 vs 1,246 in Rossville). Rossville has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $52,809 in Westville). Westville has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $97,800 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Rossville	Westville
Population	1,246	3,442
Median age	38.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,708	$52,809
Median home value	$97,800	$98,800
Median gross rent	$780	$751
Housing units	542	1,540
Homeownership rate	75.7%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rossville	Westville
Population	1,320 → 1,246 (-5.6%)	3,219 → 3,442 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$52,692 → $62,708 (+19.0%)	$47,014 → $52,809 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $97,800 (+25.7%)	$76,700 → $98,800 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $780 (+34.9%)	$592 → $751 (+26.9%)

Rossville

Population

1,3201,246

Median household income

$52,692$62,708

Median home value

$77,800$97,800

Median gross rent

$578$780

Westville

Population

3,2193,442

Median household income

$47,014$52,809

Median home value

$76,700$98,800

Median gross rent

$592$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rossville	Westville
Under 5	6.9%	10.7%
5 to 17	25.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.7%
75 and over	9.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rossville	Westville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rossville	Westville
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	38.3%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rossville	Westville
Drove alone	84.5%	86.5%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	7.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rossville	Westville
1-unit, detached	86.2%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Rossville	Westville
Poverty rate	12.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1948	1954