Ingalls Park vs Rockdale

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

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

Ingalls Park has the higher population (2,970 vs 2,598 in Rockdale). Rockdale has the higher median household income ($56,799 vs $55,268 in Ingalls Park). Rockdale has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $143,800 in Ingalls Park).

Population, income & housing

	Ingalls Park	Rockdale
Population	2,970	2,598
Median age	34.7 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,268	$56,799
Median home value	$143,800	$183,500
Median gross rent	$1,321	$1,219
Housing units	1,229	952
Homeownership rate	75.6%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ingalls Park	Rockdale
Population	3,171 → 2,970 (-6.3%)	1,979 → 2,598 (+31.3%)
Median household income	$46,091 → $55,268 (+19.9%)	$52,727 → $56,799 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $143,800 (+37.3%)	$132,600 → $183,500 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,321 (+40.2%)	$975 → $1,219 (+25.0%)

Ingalls Park

Population

3,1712,970

Median household income

$46,091$55,268

Median home value

$104,700$143,800

Median gross rent

$942$1,321

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)

	Ingalls Park	Rockdale
Under 5	4.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	12.5%	16.0%
25 to 34	21.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.2%
75 and over	3.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ingalls Park	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	40.9%
Black or African American	12.2%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	45.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ingalls Park	Rockdale
No high school diploma	12.4%	18.7%
High school graduate	47.4%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ingalls Park	Rockdale
Drove alone	69.2%	67.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	14.1%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	4.6%
Other means	4.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ingalls Park	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	88.5%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Ingalls Park	Rockdale
Poverty rate	9.9%	26.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1952	1953