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Rock Island, IL

36,151 Population
16.9 square miles 2,142.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$34,053 ±$2,368 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: $40,505 ±$683
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$59,041 ±$5,320 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: $72,738 ±$1,221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

21% ±2.9% (6,943  ±973) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 12.5% 46,545 (±0.6% / ±2,123)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

19.3 minutes ±0.9 (278,735  ±20,151) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 20.6 3,368,915 (±0.4 / ±79,705)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

15,285 ±450 Number of households
  • the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 161,702 ±902
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.2 ±0.1 (32,951  ±436) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 2.3 372,038 (±0 / ±306)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

5.9% ±2.1% (506  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 4.9% † 4,100 (±0.6% / ±463)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

16,533 ±484 Number of housing units
  • the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 174,791 ±160
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$125,900 ±$5,376 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: $174,100 ±$2,062
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

15.9% ±2% (5,694  ±714) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 12.1% 45,580 (±0.7% / ±2,521.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

90.4% ±3.5% (20,913  ±946.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 92.6% 243,889 (±1.2% / ±3,102.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
24.5% ±2.1% (5,676  ±510.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 30% 78,868 (±0.7% / ±1,819.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

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

8% ±1.2% (2,905  ±448) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 5.7% 21,781
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

6.2% ±1% (1,768  ±292) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area: 7.4% 21,750 (±0.4% / ±1,052)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
1,768 Total veterans ±292 1,446 Male ±254 322 Female ±152

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