Rockford vs Roscoe

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

Rockford and Roscoe 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 10,881 in Roscoe). Roscoe has the higher median household income ($97,704 vs $53,328 in Rockford). Roscoe has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $120,900 in Rockford).

Population, income & housing

	Rockford	Roscoe
Population	147,649	10,881
Median age	37.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,328	$97,704
Median home value	$120,900	$215,200
Median gross rent	$954	$1,349
Housing units	68,027	4,252
Homeownership rate	53.8%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockford	Roscoe
Population	147,070 → 147,649 (+0.4%)	10,757 → 10,881 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$44,252 → $53,328 (+20.5%)	$92,138 → $97,704 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $120,900 (+32.0%)	$163,000 → $215,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $954 (+23.6%)	$1,102 → $1,349 (+22.4%)

Rockford

Population

147,070147,649

Median household income

$44,252$53,328

Median home value

$91,600$120,900

Median gross rent

$772$954

Roscoe

Population

10,75710,881

Median household income

$92,138$97,704

Median home value

$163,000$215,200

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockford	Roscoe
Under 5	6.5%	9.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.0%
75 and over	7.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockford	Roscoe
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	81.7%
Black or African American	21.1%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockford	Roscoe
No high school diploma	15.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	30.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockford	Roscoe
Drove alone	77.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	5.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	14.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockford	Roscoe
1-unit, detached	60.2%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Rockford	Roscoe
Poverty rate	21.9%	5.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1962	2000