Home values, rents and more in the Rockford metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Rockford metro compares
The typical home in the Rockford metro area is worth about $222,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Rockford metro are 25% below the typical value in Illinois ($296,000) and 39% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Rockford metro rose 8.5%, compared with +5.3% in Illinois and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,299 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 34% below Illinois ($1,958) and 33% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 6.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $68,033, against $83,390 in Illinois and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 337,242 people live in the Rockford metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Rockford metro has the 336th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 6th-highest of 28 in Illinois with Zillow figures.
Part of: Illinois
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Rockford metro
Cities in the Rockford metro
- Rockford, IL $185,000
- Belvidere, IL $262,000
- Loves Park, IL $203,000
- Machesney Park, IL $210,000
- Roscoe, IL $316,000
- Rockton, IL $298,000
- South Beloit, IL $244,000
- Poplar Grove, IL $278,000
- Cherry Valley, IL $303,000
- Winnebago, IL $286,000
- Pecatonica, IL $239,000
- Durand, IL $216,000
- Capron, IL $269,000
- Timberlane, IL $450,000
- Garden Prairie, IL $329,000
- Caledonia, IL $361,000
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.