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Rockford, IL

147,521 Population
65.1 square miles 2,266.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,263 ±$951 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: $36,348 ±$637
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$54,752 ±$2,248 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: $68,033 ±$1,673
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

21.3% ±1.6% (30,726  ±2,302) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 14.7% 48,820 (±0.9% / ±2,902)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

21.9 minutes ±0.8 (1,213,025  ±55,109) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 23.6 3,213,135 (±0.5 / ±81,125)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

61,324 ±883 Number of households
  • the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 135,474 ±823
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.3 ±0 (143,777  ±274) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 2.5 331,976 (±0 / ±65)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

7.1% ±1.2% (2,404  ±393) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 6.1% † 4,594 (±0.7% / ±553)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

67,423 ±790 Number of housing units
  • the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 145,293 ±108
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$129,000 ±$4,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: $171,300 ±$2,637
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

14.8% ±1.3% (21,535  ±1,957.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 11.8% 39,239 (±0.8% / ±2,624)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

84.9% ±1.9% (83,664  ±2,098.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 88.4% 202,424 (±1.4% / ±3,219.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
23.5% ±1.1% (23,130  ±1,097.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 25% 57,176 (±0.8% / ±1,719.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.6% ±0.9% (18,560  ±1,330) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 9.3% 31,138
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

5.6% ±0.6% (6,277  ±693) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 6% 15,428 (±0.3% / ±830)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
6,277 Total veterans ±693 5,644 Male ±589 633 Female ±182

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