† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupRocktonIllinoisUnited States
German29.8%16.1%12.5%
Irish16.0%10.6%9.4%
English12.3%6.9%9.5%
Italian8.9%5.4%4.8%
Swedish8.7%1.5%—
Polish5.2%6.0%2.2%
American3.9%3.3%5.3%
Norwegian3.7%——
Mexican9.8%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.7%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%—0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
Ecuadorian0.2%0.3%—
Spaniard0.2%——
Asian Indian0.3%2.1%1.4%
Laotian0.3%——
Chinese0.2%1.0%1.3%
Filipino0.2%1.0%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Rockton
Illinois
United States
Median age
39.4
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.0%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rockton
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$119,058
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.5%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.4%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rockton
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.5%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.6%
14.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
2.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rockton
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Rockton, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−16.0%
2008
−1.4%
2012
−13.0%
2016
−16.6%
2020
−10.3%
2024
−10.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
43.4%Harris1,811
54.2%Trump2,262
2.3%
R+10.8
R+0.5
R+9.3
4,170
R
43.8%Biden1,933
54.2%Trump2,389
2.0%
R+10.3
D+6.3
R+14.8
4,410
R
37.8%Clinton1,485
54.4%Trump2,137
7.8%
R+16.6
R+3.6
R+18.7
3,927
R
42.4%Obama1,648
55.4%Romney2,153
2.1%
R+13.0
R+11.6
R+16.9
3,883
R
48.4%Obama1,852
49.8%McCain1,907
1.8%
R+1.4
D+14.5
R+8.7
3,829
R
41.9%Kerry1,572
57.9%Bush2,170
0.2%
R+16.0
—
R+13.5
3,749
Rockton sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 16.6 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 10.8 points.
A population of 7,974, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $119,058 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Roscoe and Spring Grove.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Rockton, Illinois voted Republican by 10.8 points (R+10.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,170 votes cast, 1,811 went Democratic and 2,262 went Republican.
How many people live in Rockton, Illinois?
Rockton, Illinois has a population of 7,974 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rockton, Illinois?
Median household income in Rockton, Illinois is $119,058 — above the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Rockton, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Rockton, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
