Area data
Rockford, IL — ZIP 61112
Population: 152 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 325.3 (+6.1% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 100.0 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 17.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $11.30/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- coldWave, hail, iceStorm, inlandFlooding, lightning
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 48.0°F
- Average high
- 58.0°F
- Average low
- 38.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 40.2 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 43
- Days with Good air quality
- 249
Amenities
- Nearest airport
- Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) (7 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) (7 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 23
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.6 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 30
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.8 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 2,004
- Households with broadband internet
- 16.1%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 112,682
- Average weekly wage
- $1,101
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Administrative Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 248
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