Rockdale vs Willowbrook

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

Rockdale and Willowbrook 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 2,432 in Willowbrook). Willowbrook has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $56,799 in Rockdale). Willowbrook has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $183,500 in Rockdale).

Population, income & housing

	Rockdale	Willowbrook
Population	2,598	2,432
Median age	29.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,799	$87,188
Median home value	$183,500	$275,700
Median gross rent	$1,219	—
Housing units	952	747
Homeownership rate	47.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockdale	Willowbrook
Population	1,979 → 2,598 (+31.3%)	2,001 → 2,432 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$52,727 → $56,799 (+7.7%)	$81,658 → $87,188 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$132,600 → $183,500 (+38.4%)	$258,400 → $275,700 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,219 (+25.0%)	—

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

Willowbrook

Population

2,0012,432

Median household income

$81,658$87,188

Median home value

$258,400$275,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockdale	Willowbrook
Under 5	8.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	16.0%	13.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	6.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	20.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	10.9%
75 and over	3.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockdale	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	40.9%	11.0%
Black or African American	5.4%	78.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	45.2%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockdale	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	18.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockdale	Willowbrook
Drove alone	67.9%	75.9%
Carpooled	14.1%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	12.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	20.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockdale	Willowbrook
1-unit, detached	73.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockdale	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	26.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.95	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1953	1978