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Rome, IL

1,947 Population
1.9 square miles 1,012.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±7.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,627 ±$6,153 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: $40,820 ±$653
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,750 ±$19,171 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: $71,857 ±$1,574
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±6.1% (127  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 12.2% 43,276 (±0.7% / ±2,494)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.4 minutes ±6.6 (17,615  ±4,034) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 20.8 3,118,645 (±0.3 / ±63,672)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

748 ±129 Number of households
  • the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 153,870 ±851
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0 (1,930  ±334) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 2.3 355,598 (±0 / ±169)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.4% ±10.2% (55  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 5.2% † 4,163 (±0.6% / ±469)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

748 ±129 Number of housing units
  • the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 167,807 ±175
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,800 ±$8,383 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: $164,200 ±$1,805
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±6.3% (154  ±122.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 10.9% 39,348 (±0.6% / ±2,126.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±8.6% (1,146  ±221.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 93.8% 235,685 (±1.3% / ±3,224.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.1% ±7% (286  ±99.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 31.8% 79,970 (±0.7% / ±1,751.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.6% ±2.2% (31  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 4.3% 15,746
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.6% ±5.7% (127  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 6.5% 18,127 (±0.3% / ±923)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
127 Total veterans ±78 127 Male ±78 N/A Female ±13

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