Roanoke vs Washburn

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

Roanoke and Washburn 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 1,026 in Washburn). Washburn has the higher median household income ($79,306 vs $74,141 in Roanoke). Roanoke has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $90,700 in Washburn).

Population, income & housing

	Roanoke	Washburn
Population	1,987	1,026
Median age	40.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,141	$79,306
Median home value	$139,800	$90,700
Median gross rent	$1,024	$900
Housing units	793	485
Homeownership rate	79.8%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roanoke	Washburn
Population	1,998 → 1,987 (-0.6%)	1,148 → 1,026 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$59,605 → $74,141 (+24.4%)	$52,586 → $79,306 (+50.8%)
Median home value	$121,600 → $139,800 (+15.0%)	$80,500 → $90,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $1,024 (+42.0%)	$756 → $900 (+19.0%)

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

Washburn

Population

1,1481,026

Median household income

$52,586$79,306

Median home value

$80,500$90,700

Median gross rent

$756$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roanoke	Washburn
Under 5	7.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.9%
75 and over	8.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roanoke	Washburn
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roanoke	Washburn
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	37.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roanoke	Washburn
Drove alone	81.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roanoke	Washburn
1-unit, detached	88.7%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Roanoke	Washburn
Poverty rate	6.9%	9.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1961	1938