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Rockford, IL

144,779 Population
65.3 square miles 2,216.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,223 ±$1,879 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: $36,541 ±$1,518
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$52,564 ±$5,610 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: $70,111 ±$3,450
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22.4% ±3.5% (31,643  ±4,947) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 14.2% † 47,259 (±1.9% / ±6,181)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.6 minutes ±1.9 (1,400,020  ±134,239) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 24.2 3,465,380 (±0.9 / ±167,695)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

60,114 ±2,017 Number of households
  • the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 137,941 ±1,619
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (141,087  ±1,616) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 2.4 332,547 (±0 / ±100)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±1.9% (1,952  ±654) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 5.4% † 3,985 (±1.4% / ±1,064)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

64,380 ±1,994 Number of housing units
  • the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 145,415 ±75
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$153,500 ±$8,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: $188,400 ±$6,227
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.3% ±3.5% (19,026  ±4,996.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 9.4% † 31,386 (±1.8% / ±5,864.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

84.8% ±4% (79,828  ±4,384) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 89.3% 205,961 (±2.9% / ±6,808.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.4% ±2.4% (23,871  ±2,363.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 26.7% 61,650 (±1.6% / ±3,633.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

12.3% ±1.7% (17,839  ±2,424) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 9.8% 32,899
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.4% ±1% (4,800  ±1,120) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 5.9% † 15,196 (±0.6% / ±1,636)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,800 Total veterans ±1,120 4,292 Male ±1,033 508 Female ±318

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