RomeIL
A town of 1,947, settled in 1835.
Is Rome a good place to live?
The best of Rome’s subject grades is an A− for health; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Only 36 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on hazard risk. Rome's schools outperform 70% of the state's. Rome has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Rome stand out
Where Rome beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Rome | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 15.9% |
99% of working residents leave Rome for work
Where Rome’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rome grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Rome is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Rome: who provides what
Rome is unincorporated, so Peoria County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rome.
Inland flooding leads a very high hazard risk in Rome
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 86% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 611 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Rome.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Rome are healthier than 76% of U.S. towns
Rome beats the Illinois average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 20% of Rome adults get no exercise outside work, against 23% in Illinois’ towns and 25% across U.S. towns. 19% of adults binge drink in Rome.
| Rome | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rome | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rome has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Rome for work: only 1% work in town. At 20 minutes, Rome’s average trip to work is where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Rome has added 43 jobs, to 114 in 2023.
| Rome | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Rome
Rome has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 16° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wellie Jackson Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Wildlife Prairie Park and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rome. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park12 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo39 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
10 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I House
10 mi MuseumMetamora Courthouse State Historic Site
12 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical GardenPhoto credits
Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain · Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: ProfDEH, Public domain · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Rome
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Rome
About 5 of every 100 Rome residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
About Rome
Rome is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chillicothe Township, Peoria County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rome had a population of 1,604. Rome is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 479 ft
- ZIP code
- 61562
- Area code
- 309
Rome’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Rome.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Chillicothe Township | #123 | A | A− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Partridge Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chillicothe | #284 | A− | A− | C+ | B+ | B |
| Medina Township | #212 | A− | C | — | A | A |
Rome has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Rome, Chillicothe Township and Medina Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Partridge Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rome with a neighbor →
Questions about Rome
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rome, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.