Loves Park vs Rockford

A side-by-side comparison of Loves Park and Rockford: population, income, housing, and more.

Loves Park and Rockford are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockford has the higher population (147,649 vs 23,185 in Loves Park). Loves Park has the higher median household income ($58,633 vs $53,328 in Rockford). Loves Park has the higher median home value ($144,900 vs $120,900 in Rockford).

Population, income & housing

	Loves Park	Rockford
Population	23,185	147,649
Median age	36.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,633	$53,328
Median home value	$144,900	$120,900
Median gross rent	$1,102	$954
Housing units	10,374	68,027
Homeownership rate	62.4%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loves Park	Rockford
Population	23,710 → 23,185 (-2.2%)	147,070 → 147,649 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$59,059 → $58,633 (-0.7%)	$44,252 → $53,328 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$111,900 → $144,900 (+29.5%)	$91,600 → $120,900 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,102 (+30.0%)	$772 → $954 (+23.6%)

Loves Park

Population

23,71023,185

Median household income

$59,059$58,633

Median home value

$111,900$144,900

Median gross rent

$848$1,102

Rockford

Population

147,070147,649

Median household income

$44,252$53,328

Median home value

$91,600$120,900

Median gross rent

$772$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loves Park	Rockford
Under 5	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.6%
75 and over	7.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loves Park	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	50.1%
Black or African American	7.7%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loves Park	Rockford
No high school diploma	8.1%	15.1%
High school graduate	32.2%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loves Park	Rockford
Drove alone	80.7%	77.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loves Park	Rockford
1-unit, detached	58.5%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	9.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Loves Park	Rockford
Poverty rate	15.0%	21.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1985	1962