Rockford vs South Beloit

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

Rockford and South Beloit 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 7,930 in South Beloit). South Beloit has the higher median household income ($81,836 vs $53,328 in Rockford). South Beloit has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $120,900 in Rockford).

Population, income & housing

	Rockford	South Beloit
Population	147,649	7,930
Median age	37.5 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,328	$81,836
Median home value	$120,900	$160,800
Median gross rent	$954	$925
Housing units	68,027	3,256
Homeownership rate	53.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockford	South Beloit
Population	147,070 → 147,649 (+0.4%)	7,900 → 7,930 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$44,252 → $53,328 (+20.5%)	$60,822 → $81,836 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$91,600 → $120,900 (+32.0%)	$125,800 → $160,800 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $954 (+23.6%)	$784 → $925 (+18.0%)

Rockford

Population

147,070147,649

Median household income

$44,252$53,328

Median home value

$91,600$120,900

Median gross rent

$772$954

South Beloit

Population

7,9007,930

Median household income

$60,822$81,836

Median home value

$125,800$160,800

Median gross rent

$784$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockford	South Beloit
Under 5	6.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.4%
75 and over	7.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockford	South Beloit
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	78.2%
Black or African American	21.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockford	South Beloit
No high school diploma	15.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	30.1%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockford	South Beloit
Drove alone	77.2%	72.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	21.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockford	South Beloit
1-unit, detached	60.2%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	6.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Rockford	South Beloit
Poverty rate	21.9%	8.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1962	1990