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Rock Island, IL

36,758 Population
16.9 square miles 2,178.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,507 ±$2,523 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: $39,357 ±$652
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$57,292 ±$4,487 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: $71,925 ±$1,176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

21% ±2.9% (7,087  ±967) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 12.4% 46,175 (±0.7% / ±2,603)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.6 minutes ±1 (290,465  ±21,328) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 20.6 3,411,505 (±0.4 / ±69,229)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

15,679 ±520 Number of households
  • the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 160,541 ±941
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (33,758  ±352) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 2.3 372,658 (±0 / ±214)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

7.1% ±2.5% (619  ±221) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 5.2% † 4,360 (±0.6% / ±517)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

17,262 ±558 Number of housing units
  • the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 174,359 ±147
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$118,400 ±$4,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: $170,000 ±$2,447
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

16% ±1.9% (5,782  ±693.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 12.1% 45,736 (±0.7% / ±2,674.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

89.9% ±3.2% (21,199  ±971.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 92.4% 243,033 (±1.2% / ±3,171.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
22.4% ±1.9% (5,285  ±474.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 29.4% 77,293 (±0.7% / ±1,759)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.5% ±1.6% (3,136  ±570) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 5.4% 20,489
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.6% ±1.3% (1,903  ±364) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 7.5% 22,196 (±0.3% / ±921)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,903 Total veterans ±364 1,536 Male ±290 367 Female ±176

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