Minonk vs Roanoke

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

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

Roanoke has the higher population (1,987 vs 1,909 in Minonk). Roanoke has the higher median household income ($74,141 vs $62,000 in Minonk). Roanoke has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $120,600 in Minonk).

Population, income & housing

	Minonk	Roanoke
Population	1,909	1,987
Median age	41.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,000	$74,141
Median home value	$120,600	$139,800
Median gross rent	$977	$1,024
Housing units	896	793
Homeownership rate	69.8%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minonk	Roanoke
Population	1,979 → 1,909 (-3.5%)	1,998 → 1,987 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$54,932 → $62,000 (+12.9%)	$59,605 → $74,141 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $120,600 (+14.4%)	$121,600 → $139,800 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $977 (+20.8%)	$721 → $1,024 (+42.0%)

Minonk

Population

1,9791,909

Median household income

$54,932$62,000

Median home value

$105,400$120,600

Median gross rent

$809$977

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)

	Minonk	Roanoke
Under 5	4.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	5.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.4%
75 and over	5.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minonk	Roanoke
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minonk	Roanoke
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	37.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minonk	Roanoke
Drove alone	80.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.1%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minonk	Roanoke
1-unit, detached	83.1%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Minonk	Roanoke
Poverty rate	10.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1964	1961