Rockton is a somewhat small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 8,621 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Rockton is the 232nd largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some towns, Rockton isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rockton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rockton is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockton who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.93%), sales jobs (10.82%), and management occupations (10.32%).

Because of many things, Rockton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Rockton a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Rockton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Rockton's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Rockton is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Rockton isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.59% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Rockton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Rockton Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Rockton is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 26.24% of adults in Rockton have a college degree.

The per capita income in Rockton in 2000 was $23,574, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,296 for a family of four. However, Rockton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Rockton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rockton is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rockton include German, English, Irish, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Polish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Rockton is English.