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Rockton, IL

7,974 Population
6.9 square miles 1,162.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,619 ±$4,369 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: $36,348 ±$637
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$119,058 ±$17,957 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: $68,033 ±$1,673
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.5% ±2.8% (436  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 14.7% 48,820 (±0.9% / ±2,902)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.1 minutes ±3.3 (93,970  ±17,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 23.6 3,213,135 (±0.5 / ±81,125)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,910 ±216 Number of households
  • the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 135,474 ±823
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (7,965  ±568) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 2.5 331,976 (±0 / ±65)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±4.3% (119  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 6.1% † 4,594 (±0.7% / ±553)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,063 ±237 Number of housing units
  • the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 145,293 ±108
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$235,400 ±$9,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: $171,300 ±$2,637
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±3% (592  ±238) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 11.8% 39,239 (±0.8% / ±2,624)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.6% ±7.2% (5,011  ±531.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 88.4% 202,424 (±1.4% / ±3,219.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.4% ±4.3% (1,971  ±266.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 25% 57,176 (±0.8% / ±1,719.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.5% ±1.5% (199  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 9.3% 31,138
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±1.7% (270  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rockford, IL Metro Area: 6% 15,428 (±0.3% / ±830)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
270 Total veterans ±102 255 Male ±100 15 Female ±15

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