El Paso vs Roanoke

A side-by-side comparison of El Paso and Roanoke: population, income, housing, and more.

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

El Paso has the higher population (2,871 vs 1,987 in Roanoke). Roanoke has the higher median household income ($74,141 vs $70,063 in El Paso). El Paso has the higher median home value ($149,200 vs $139,800 in Roanoke).

Population, income & housing

	El Paso	Roanoke
Population	2,871	1,987
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,063	$74,141
Median home value	$149,200	$139,800
Median gross rent	$892	$1,024
Housing units	1,065	793
Homeownership rate	78.3%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Paso	Roanoke
Population	2,809 → 2,871 (+2.2%)	1,998 → 1,987 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$58,688 → $70,063 (+19.4%)	$59,605 → $74,141 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $149,200 (+21.6%)	$121,600 → $139,800 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $892 (+16.9%)	$721 → $1,024 (+42.0%)

El Paso

Population

2,8092,871

Median household income

$58,688$70,063

Median home value

$122,700$149,200

Median gross rent

$763$892

Roanoke

Population

1,9981,987

Median household income

$59,605$74,141

Median home value

$121,600$139,800

Median gross rent

$721$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Paso	Roanoke
Under 5	3.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	22.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	12.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	14.4%
75 and over	6.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Paso	Roanoke
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Paso	Roanoke
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	31.8%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Paso	Roanoke
Drove alone	73.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.9%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.2%	7.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Paso	Roanoke
1-unit, detached	78.4%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	El Paso	Roanoke
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1950	1961