Fulton vs Rock Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Fulton and Rock Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rock Falls has the higher population (8,683 vs 3,457 in Fulton). Rock Falls has the higher median household income ($48,733 vs $42,452 in Fulton). Fulton has the higher median home value ($124,400 vs $82,400 in Rock Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton	Rock Falls
Population	3,457	8,683
Median age	48.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,452	$48,733
Median home value	$124,400	$82,400
Median gross rent	$956	$745
Housing units	1,881	4,471
Homeownership rate	78.3%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton	Rock Falls
Population	3,178 → 3,457 (+8.8%)	8,952 → 8,683 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$52,193 → $42,452 (-18.7%)	$49,191 → $48,733 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $124,400 (+9.0%)	$78,000 → $82,400 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $956 (+41.4%)	$695 → $745 (+7.2%)

Fulton

Population

3,1783,457

Median household income

$52,193$42,452

Median home value

$114,100$124,400

Median gross rent

$676$956

Rock Falls

Population

8,9528,683

Median household income

$49,191$48,733

Median home value

$78,000$82,400

Median gross rent

$695$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton	Rock Falls
Under 5	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	16.4%	11.3%
75 and over	10.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton	Rock Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton	Rock Falls
No high school diploma	12.6%	12.8%
High school graduate	45.6%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton	Rock Falls
Drove alone	82.7%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton	Rock Falls
1-unit, detached	80.4%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Fulton	Rock Falls
Poverty rate	14.7%	22.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1959	1959