Home values, rents and more in Rockford, IL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Rockford compares
The typical home in Rockford, IL is worth about $185,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Rockford are 17% below the typical value in the Rockford metro area ($222,000) and 49% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Rockford rose 9.5%, compared with +8.5% in the Rockford metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,227 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 6% below the Rockford metro area ($1,299) and 36% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 7.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $54,752, against $68,033 in the Rockford metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 147,521 people live in Rockford (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Rockford has the lowest typical home value of the 16 cities in the Rockford metro area and the 488th-lowest of 1,005 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Winnebago County, IL · Rockford metro area · Illinois
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.