With 1,967 people, Roanoke is a city in Illinois. 84% of homes are owner-occupied. The typical home is worth $139,900, having risen by half since 2000. The foreign-born share is 0%. About 26% of adults have finished a four-year degree. Density works out to 2,097 people per square mile.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $82,063, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 10%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Roanoke
What changed most since 1990
White share99.4% → 93.1%(−6.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$124,324 → $139,900(+13%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants76.9% → 84.3%(+7.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Roanoke's population equals 5.1% of Woodford County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.0% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 3.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)12.7%(7)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era67.3%(37)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War20%(11)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II10.9%(6)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 55 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Roanoke, decade by decade
Roanoke population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,910
$73,896
$124,324
11.4%
1.4
2000
1,994
$78,559
$156,116
15.4%
2.4
2010
2,065
$88,112
$174,930
14.3%
5.8
2020
1,960
$77,773
$151,020
16.6%
11.9
2024
1,967
$82,063
$139,900
26.3%
16.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
