Pecatonica vs Rockton

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

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

Rockton has the higher population (8,238 vs 2,178 in Pecatonica). Rockton has the higher median household income ($109,333 vs $71,500 in Pecatonica). Rockton has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $134,900 in Pecatonica).

Population, income & housing

	Pecatonica	Rockton
Population	2,178	8,238
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$109,333
Median home value	$134,900	$222,100
Median gross rent	$1,089	$864
Housing units	988	3,054
Homeownership rate	79.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pecatonica	Rockton
Population	2,243 → 2,178 (-2.9%)	7,638 → 8,238 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$56,500 → $71,500 (+26.5%)	$90,022 → $109,333 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $134,900 (+17.8%)	$172,100 → $222,100 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,089 (+25.9%)	$750 → $864 (+15.2%)

Pecatonica

Population

2,2432,178

Median household income

$56,500$71,500

Median home value

$114,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$865$1,089

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)

	Pecatonica	Rockton
Under 5	7.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.6%
75 and over	9.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pecatonica	Rockton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pecatonica	Rockton
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	32.4%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pecatonica	Rockton
Drove alone	79.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pecatonica	Rockton
1-unit, detached	79.0%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pecatonica	Rockton
Poverty rate	6.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1957	1996