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Home values, rents and more in Rockton, IL

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$298,000
Metro: $222,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+8.2%
Metro: +8.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
7,974
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$119,058
Metro: $68,033 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Rockton, IL, shaded by typical home valueRockton61072
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ZIP codes around Rockton, IL, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Rockton is outlined.

How Rockton compares

The typical home in Rockton, IL is worth about $298,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Rockton are 34% above the typical value in the Rockford metro area ($222,000) and 19% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Rockton rose 8.2%, compared with +8.5% in the Rockford metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $119,058, against $68,033 in the Rockford metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 7,974 people live in Rockton (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Rockton has the 6th-highest typical home value of the 16 cities in the Rockford metro area and the 252nd-highest 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.

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