Roscoe vs South Beloit

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

Roscoe and South Beloit 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 7,930 in South Beloit). Roscoe has the higher median household income ($97,704 vs $81,836 in South Beloit). Roscoe has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $160,800 in South Beloit).

Population, income & housing

	Roscoe	South Beloit
Population	10,881	7,930
Median age	35.3 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$97,704	$81,836
Median home value	$215,200	$160,800
Median gross rent	$1,349	$925
Housing units	4,252	3,256
Homeownership rate	71.3%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roscoe	South Beloit
Population	10,757 → 10,881 (+1.2%)	7,900 → 7,930 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$92,138 → $97,704 (+6.0%)	$60,822 → $81,836 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$163,000 → $215,200 (+32.0%)	$125,800 → $160,800 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,349 (+22.4%)	$784 → $925 (+18.0%)

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

South Beloit

Population

7,9007,930

Median household income

$60,822$81,836

Median home value

$125,800$160,800

Median gross rent

$784$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roscoe	South Beloit
Under 5	9.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.4%
75 and over	5.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roscoe	South Beloit
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	78.2%
Black or African American	4.7%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roscoe	South Beloit
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roscoe	South Beloit
Drove alone	77.5%	72.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	21.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	14.4%	2.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roscoe	South Beloit
1-unit, detached	68.9%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Roscoe	South Beloit
Poverty rate	5.6%	8.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	2000	1990