Pecatonica vs Roscoe

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

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

Roscoe has the higher population (10,881 vs 2,178 in Pecatonica). Roscoe has the higher median household income ($97,704 vs $71,500 in Pecatonica). Roscoe has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $134,900 in Pecatonica).

Population, income & housing

	Pecatonica	Roscoe
Population	2,178	10,881
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$97,704
Median home value	$134,900	$215,200
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,349
Housing units	988	4,252
Homeownership rate	79.0%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pecatonica	Roscoe
Population	2,243 → 2,178 (-2.9%)	10,757 → 10,881 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$56,500 → $71,500 (+26.5%)	$92,138 → $97,704 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $134,900 (+17.8%)	$163,000 → $215,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,089 (+25.9%)	$1,102 → $1,349 (+22.4%)

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

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)

	Pecatonica	Roscoe
Under 5	7.2%	9.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.0%
75 and over	9.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pecatonica	Roscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pecatonica	Roscoe
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	32.4%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pecatonica	Roscoe
Drove alone	79.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	14.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pecatonica	Roscoe
1-unit, detached	79.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Pecatonica	Roscoe
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1957	2000