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Illinois·Winnebago County
55 tracts·141K people·$129K median·2,172/mi²
White 50 · Hispanic 22 · Black 19 · Multiracial 6 · Asian 4 · Other 1
Living alone 35 · Married couple 34 · Other 30
Health 34 · Manufacturing 18 · Retail 17 · Professional 16 · Leisure 9 · Public admin 3 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 30 · Production · transport 24 · Sales · office 20 · Service 18 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 74 · Carpool 24 · Work from home 11 · Walk 1 · Transit 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Rockford is $129,000 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
Rockford has 147,521 residents across 49 census tracts and 43 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 37.7; the population is 49.6% White, 21.6% Hispanic or Latino, 19.2% Black, 5.5% Multiracial, 3.7% Asian and 0.5% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 23.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 21.3% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Thurgood Marshall Elementary (97%), Haskell Elementary School (41%) and Brookview Elem School (32%) lead the elementary schools; Thurgood Marshall School (89%), Bernard W Flinn Middle School (14%) and Eisenhower Middle School (14%) lead the middle schools; Auburn High School (22%), Guilford High School (14%) and Rockford East High School (7%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $985/month, 38% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Rockford is $54,752 a year, 36% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Rockford, median rent is $985/month and the median home value is $129,000 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Rockford reported 11.5 violent crimes and 26.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 82°F; winter lows average 17°F; there are 82 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 38 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Rockford are cold wave (78), hail (77) and strong wind (69), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.10g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Rockford, 1.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).