Preston Heights vs Rockdale

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

Preston Heights 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 2,318 in Preston Heights). Rockdale has the higher median household income ($56,799 vs $51,970 in Preston Heights). Rockdale has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $141,400 in Preston Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Preston Heights	Rockdale
Population	2,318	2,598
Median age	40.1 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,970	$56,799
Median home value	$141,400	$183,500
Median gross rent	$1,232	$1,219
Housing units	1,025	952
Homeownership rate	58.6%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston Heights	Rockdale
Population	2,651 → 2,318 (-12.6%)	1,979 → 2,598 (+31.3%)
Median household income	$49,196 → $51,970 (+5.6%)	$52,727 → $56,799 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$99,900 → $141,400 (+41.5%)	$132,600 → $183,500 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,232 (+24.7%)	$975 → $1,219 (+25.0%)

Preston Heights

Population

2,6512,318

Median household income

$49,196$51,970

Median home value

$99,900$141,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,232

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)

	Preston Heights	Rockdale
Under 5	4.5%	8.8%
5 to 17	12.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	11.6%	16.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	5.2%
75 and over	6.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston Heights	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	21.5%	40.9%
Black or African American	43.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	45.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston Heights	Rockdale
No high school diploma	20.4%	18.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston Heights	Rockdale
Drove alone	76.0%	67.9%
Carpooled	14.5%	14.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	4.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston Heights	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	69.2%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Preston Heights	Rockdale
Poverty rate	13.3%	26.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1966	1953