Morrison vs Rock Falls

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

Morrison 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 3,781 in Morrison). Morrison has the higher median household income ($67,580 vs $48,733 in Rock Falls). Morrison has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $82,400 in Rock Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Morrison	Rock Falls
Population	3,781	8,683
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,580	$48,733
Median home value	$117,300	$82,400
Median gross rent	$1,104	$745
Housing units	1,594	4,471
Homeownership rate	78.3%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morrison	Rock Falls
Population	3,776 → 3,781 (+0.1%)	8,952 → 8,683 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$44,207 → $67,580 (+52.9%)	$49,191 → $48,733 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $117,300 (+22.7%)	$78,000 → $82,400 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,104 (+41.5%)	$695 → $745 (+7.2%)

Morrison

Population

3,7763,781

Median household income

$44,207$67,580

Median home value

$95,600$117,300

Median gross rent

$780$1,104

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)

	Morrison	Rock Falls
Under 5	6.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.3%
75 and over	11.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morrison	Rock Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	74.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morrison	Rock Falls
No high school diploma	7.6%	12.8%
High school graduate	37.2%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morrison	Rock Falls
Drove alone	79.9%	84.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	5.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morrison	Rock Falls
1-unit, detached	86.7%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Morrison	Rock Falls
Poverty rate	7.7%	22.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1955	1959