Loves Park vs Roscoe

A side-by-side comparison of Loves Park and Roscoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loves Park has the higher population (23,185 vs 10,881 in Roscoe). Roscoe has the higher median household income ($97,704 vs $58,633 in Loves Park). Roscoe has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $144,900 in Loves Park).

Population, income & housing

	Loves Park	Roscoe
Population	23,185	10,881
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,633	$97,704
Median home value	$144,900	$215,200
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,349
Housing units	10,374	4,252
Homeownership rate	62.4%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loves Park	Roscoe
Population	23,710 → 23,185 (-2.2%)	10,757 → 10,881 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$59,059 → $58,633 (-0.7%)	$92,138 → $97,704 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$111,900 → $144,900 (+29.5%)	$163,000 → $215,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,102 (+30.0%)	$1,102 → $1,349 (+22.4%)

Loves Park

Population

23,71023,185

Median household income

$59,059$58,633

Median home value

$111,900$144,900

Median gross rent

$848$1,102

Roscoe

Population

10,75710,881

Median household income

$92,138$97,704

Median home value

$163,000$215,200

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loves Park	Roscoe
Under 5	7.1%	9.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.0%
75 and over	7.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loves Park	Roscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	81.7%
Black or African American	7.7%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loves Park	Roscoe
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	32.2%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loves Park	Roscoe
Drove alone	80.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	14.4%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loves Park	Roscoe
1-unit, detached	58.5%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Loves Park	Roscoe
Poverty rate	15.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1985	2000