Rockton vs Roscoe

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

Rockton 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 8,238 in Rockton). Rockton has the higher median household income ($109,333 vs $97,704 in Roscoe). Rockton has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $215,200 in Roscoe).

Population, income & housing

	Rockton	Roscoe
Population	8,238	10,881
Median age	40.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,333	$97,704
Median home value	$222,100	$215,200
Median gross rent	$864	$1,349
Housing units	3,054	4,252
Homeownership rate	80.7%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockton	Roscoe
Population	7,638 → 8,238 (+7.9%)	10,757 → 10,881 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$90,022 → $109,333 (+21.5%)	$92,138 → $97,704 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $222,100 (+29.1%)	$163,000 → $215,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $864 (+15.2%)	$1,102 → $1,349 (+22.4%)

Rockton

Population

7,6388,238

Median household income

$90,022$109,333

Median home value

$172,100$222,100

Median gross rent

$750$864

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)

	Rockton	Roscoe
Under 5	4.2%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.0%
75 and over	5.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockton	Roscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockton	Roscoe
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	24.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockton	Roscoe
Drove alone	79.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	14.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockton	Roscoe
1-unit, detached	75.7%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Rockton	Roscoe
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.75	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1996	2000