Machesney Park vs Rockton

A side-by-side comparison of Machesney Park and Rockton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Machesney Park has the higher population (22,744 vs 8,238 in Rockton). Rockton has the higher median household income ($109,333 vs $74,244 in Machesney Park). Rockton has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $162,500 in Machesney Park).

Population, income & housing

	Machesney Park	Rockton
Population	22,744	8,238
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,244	$109,333
Median home value	$162,500	$222,100
Median gross rent	$1,109	$864
Housing units	9,125	3,054
Homeownership rate	80.5%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Machesney Park	Rockton
Population	22,817 → 22,744 (-0.3%)	7,638 → 8,238 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$63,662 → $74,244 (+16.6%)	$90,022 → $109,333 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $162,500 (+34.6%)	$172,100 → $222,100 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,109 (+16.0%)	$750 → $864 (+15.2%)

Machesney Park

Population

22,81722,744

Median household income

$63,662$74,244

Median home value

$120,700$162,500

Median gross rent

$956$1,109

Rockton

Population

7,6388,238

Median household income

$90,022$109,333

Median home value

$172,100$222,100

Median gross rent

$750$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Machesney Park	Rockton
Under 5	5.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.6%
75 and over	5.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Machesney Park	Rockton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	83.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Machesney Park	Rockton
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	37.1%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Machesney Park	Rockton
Drove alone	84.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	10.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Machesney Park	Rockton
1-unit, detached	88.4%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Machesney Park	Rockton
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1977	1996