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Rockford, IL real estate and demographic information

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Rockford, IL Information

Population 152,222

About Rockford

Rockford is a relatively large city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 152,222 people and 54 constituent neighborhoods, Rockford is the third largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some cities, Rockford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rockford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rockford is a city of sales and office workers, service providers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockford who work in office and administrative support (14.29%), sales jobs (10.52%) and management occupations (7.21%).

Rockford Information and Demographics

The education level of Rockford citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.09% of adults in Rockford have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Rockford in 2010 was $21,895, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,580 for a family of four. However, Rockford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rockford is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rockford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rockford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.76% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rockford include German, Swedish, Irish, Italian, English and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Rockford is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

ROCKFORD INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 152,222
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 59,973
ROCKFORD HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 60.49%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 39.51%
% VACANT 12.55%
TYPE OF ROCKFORD HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 60.32%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 3.49%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 18.24%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 17.45%
MOBILE HOMES 0.50%
OTHER 0.00%
SIZE OF ROCKFORD HOMES
NO BEDROOM 1.19%
1 BEDROOM 11.87%
2 BEDROOMS 35.55%
3 BEDROOMS 36.76%
4 BEDROOMS 11.72%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 2.91%
AGE OF ROCKFORD HOMES
NEWER HOMES (2000 OR LATER) 6.82%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1999) 26.91%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 41.96%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 24.31%
ROCKFORD REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $89,946
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $468
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0 - $43,000 6.49%
$43,001 - $85,000 37.27%
$85,001 - $170,000 44.99%
$170,001 - $255,000 7.37%
$255,001 - $340,000 2.16%
$340,001 - $425,000 0.97%
$425,001 - $638,000 0.42%
$638,001 - $850,000 0.30%
> $850,000 0.03%
PEOPLE OF ROCKFORD DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 7.63%
5 TO 17 18.23%
18 TO 24 9.27%
25 TO 34 13.79%
35 TO 54 26.08%
55 TO 64 11.13%
65 YEARS AND OVER 13.87%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 81.74%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 21.09%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $38,864
PER CAPITA INCOME $21,895
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 24.70%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Manufacturing (20.47%)
Healthcare (16.78%)
Retail (10.51%)
Accommodation (7.42%)
Education (7.25%)
Administration (5.01%)
Transportation (4.92%)
Other (4.67%)
Construction (4.64%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (3.68%)
Finance (3.27%)
Public Service (2.78%)
Wholesale (2.31%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 4.28%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 65.10%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 20.51%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.40%
ASIAN 2.91%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDERS 0.03%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 7.47%
TWO OR MORE RACES 3.59%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 15.76%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT German (14.12%)
Swedish (5.87%)
Irish (5.52%)
Italian (5.24%)
English (3.52%)
Polish (2.03%)
FOREIGN BORN 10.28%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (83.67%)
Spanish (11.73%)

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