Eagle Lake vs Rock Island

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Lake and Rock Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Eagle Lake and Rock Island are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eagle Lake has the higher population (3,464 vs 371 in Rock Island). Eagle Lake has the higher median household income ($71,684 vs $38,409 in Rock Island). Since 2019, Eagle Lake's population has grown faster (-7.4% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Lake	Rock Island
Population	3,464	371
Median age	31.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,684	$38,409
Median home value	$110,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,106	—
Housing units	1,312	252
Homeownership rate	84.8%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	27.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Lake	Rock Island
Population	3,739 → 3,464 (-7.4%)	447 → 371 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$44,500 → $71,684 (+61.1%)	$42,422 → $38,409 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$63,600 → $110,700 (+74.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$758 → $1,106 (+45.9%)	—

Eagle Lake

Population

3,7393,464

Median household income

$44,500$71,684

Median home value

$63,600$110,700

Median gross rent

$758$1,106

Rock Island

Population

447371

Median household income

$42,422$38,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Lake	Rock Island
Under 5	6.6%	12.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.8%	21.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.1%
75 and over	5.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Lake	Rock Island
White (non-Hispanic)	20.8%	95.1%
Black or African American	15.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Lake	Rock Island
No high school diploma	15.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	34.6%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Lake	Rock Island
Drove alone	78.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Lake	Rock Island
1-unit, detached	80.3%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Lake	Rock Island
Poverty rate	11.2%	22.6%
Average household size	3.33	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	36	85
Median year structure built	1968	1960