Being a small city, Rochelle does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Rochelle is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.26% of adults 25 and older in Rochelle have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rochelle in 2022 was $33,577, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,308 for a family of four. However, Rochelle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rochelle is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rochelle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rochelle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rochelle also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.23% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rochelle include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Rochelle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
