Metamora vs Roanoke

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

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

Metamora has the higher population (4,094 vs 1,987 in Roanoke). Metamora has the higher median household income ($99,091 vs $74,141 in Roanoke). Metamora has the higher median home value ($209,800 vs $139,800 in Roanoke).

Population, income & housing

	Metamora	Roanoke
Population	4,094	1,987
Median age	36.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,091	$74,141
Median home value	$209,800	$139,800
Median gross rent	$880	$1,024
Housing units	1,604	793
Homeownership rate	90.7%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metamora	Roanoke
Population	3,773 → 4,094 (+8.5%)	1,998 → 1,987 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$63,710 → $99,091 (+55.5%)	$59,605 → $74,141 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$171,300 → $209,800 (+22.5%)	$121,600 → $139,800 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$918 → $880 (-4.1%)	$721 → $1,024 (+42.0%)

Metamora

Population

3,7734,094

Median household income

$63,710$99,091

Median home value

$171,300$209,800

Median gross rent

$918$880

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)

	Metamora	Roanoke
Under 5	9.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	14.4%
75 and over	9.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metamora	Roanoke
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metamora	Roanoke
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	17.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metamora	Roanoke
Drove alone	79.4%	81.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metamora	Roanoke
1-unit, detached	81.2%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Metamora	Roanoke
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1989	1961