Fairmont vs Rockdale

A side-by-side comparison of Fairmont and Rockdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockdale has the higher population (2,598 vs 2,409 in Fairmont). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($59,244 vs $56,799 in Rockdale). Rockdale has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $147,400 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Rockdale
Population	2,409	2,598
Median age	31.3 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,244	$56,799
Median home value	$147,400	$183,500
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,219
Housing units	969	952
Homeownership rate	63.0%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Rockdale
Population	2,699 → 2,409 (-10.7%)	1,979 → 2,598 (+31.3%)
Median household income	$47,031 → $59,244 (+26.0%)	$52,727 → $56,799 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $147,400 (+40.0%)	$132,600 → $183,500 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,127 → $1,372 (+21.7%)	$975 → $1,219 (+25.0%)

Fairmont

Population

2,6992,409

Median household income

$47,031$59,244

Median home value

$105,300$147,400

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,372

Rockdale

Population

1,9792,598

Median household income

$52,727$56,799

Median home value

$132,600$183,500

Median gross rent

$975$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Rockdale
Under 5	4.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	25.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	16.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.0%	5.2%
75 and over	5.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	21.4%	40.9%
Black or African American	25.9%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	51.5%	45.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Rockdale
No high school diploma	20.5%	18.7%
High school graduate	29.9%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Rockdale
Drove alone	70.3%	67.9%
Carpooled	24.2%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	91.3%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Rockdale
Poverty rate	17.0%	26.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1958	1953