Machesney Park vs Roscoe

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

Machesney Park and Roscoe 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 10,881 in Roscoe). Roscoe has the higher median household income ($97,704 vs $74,244 in Machesney Park). Roscoe has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $162,500 in Machesney Park).

Population, income & housing

	Machesney Park	Roscoe
Population	22,744	10,881
Median age	40.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,244	$97,704
Median home value	$162,500	$215,200
Median gross rent	$1,109	$1,349
Housing units	9,125	4,252
Homeownership rate	80.5%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Machesney Park	Roscoe
Population	22,817 → 22,744 (-0.3%)	10,757 → 10,881 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$63,662 → $74,244 (+16.6%)	$92,138 → $97,704 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $162,500 (+34.6%)	$163,000 → $215,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,109 (+16.0%)	$1,102 → $1,349 (+22.4%)

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

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)

	Machesney Park	Roscoe
Under 5	5.4%	9.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.0%
75 and over	5.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Machesney Park	Roscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	81.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Machesney Park	Roscoe
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	37.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Machesney Park	Roscoe
Drove alone	84.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	14.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Machesney Park	Roscoe
1-unit, detached	88.4%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Machesney Park	Roscoe
Poverty rate	13.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1977	2000