Population & Demographics
Rockford, IL
Rockford is home to 147,521 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 61,757 resident workers commute each day.
147,521 residents
Median age 37.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Rockford population & demographics
Who lives in Rockford — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Rockford
How Rockford breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Rockford
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Rockford.
These figures are for Rockford proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Rockford commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
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61,757 commutes, one dot at a time
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Where 61,757 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Rockford, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Rockford.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Rockford’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Rockford
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).