Rock County, Wisconsin (WI)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 12,572
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 41,710
Renter-occupied apartments: 18,525 (it was 16,907 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 29% |
State: | 32% |
Land area: 720 sq. mi.
Water area: 5.7 sq. mi.
Population density: 227 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (22.7%), Educational, health and social services (22.3%), Retail trade (12.0%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 85%
- Government: 11%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 134,28982.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 14,7649.1%Hispanic or Latino
- 7,0474.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 4,3072.6%Two or more races
- 2,0901.3%Asian alone
- 4070.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 790.05%Some other race alone
- 310.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Median resident age: | 40.3 years |
Wisconsin median age: | 39.9 years |
Males: 79,912 | ![]() |
Females: 83,442 | ![]() |

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Rock County: | 2.0 people |
Wisconsin: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2019: $61,243 ($45,517 in 1999)
This county: | $61,243 |
Wisconsin: | $64,168 |
Median contract rent in 2019 for apartments: $728 (lower quartile is $597, upper quartile is $880)
This county: | $728 |
State: | $746 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $162,800 (it was $98,300 in 2000)
Rock: | $162,800 |
Wisconsin: | $197,200 |
Mean price in 2019:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,268Detached houses: $184,297
Here: $184,297 State: $243,674 Townhouses or other attached units: $161,738
Here: $161,738 State: $212,164 In 2-unit structures: $180,135
Here: $180,135 State: $191,549 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $151,421
Here: $151,421 State: $185,896 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $630,934
Here: $630,934 State: $204,140 Mobile homes: $28,187
Here: $28,187 State: $56,469
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $530
Institutionalized population: 1,400
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 11
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 72
- Burglaries: 163
- Thefts: 274
- Auto thefts: 24
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 5
- Robberies: 1
- Assaults: 26
- Burglaries: 162
- Thefts: 232
- Auto thefts: 29
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1997: 514 buildings, average cost: $109,800
- 1998: 565 buildings, average cost: $110,600
- 1999: 611 buildings, average cost: $118,500
- 2000: 528 buildings, average cost: $117,800
- 2001: 496 buildings, average cost: $137,100
- 2002: 577 buildings, average cost: $134,200
- 2003: 639 buildings, average cost: $143,100
- 2004: 716 buildings, average cost: $148,500
- 2005: 676 buildings, average cost: $158,300
- 2006: 571 buildings, average cost: $171,900
- 2007: 410 buildings, average cost: $172,000
- 2008: 222 buildings, average cost: $186,200
- 2009: 157 buildings, average cost: $188,300
- 2010: 101 buildings, average cost: $197,800
- 2011: 95 buildings, average cost: $188,700
- 2012: 121 buildings, average cost: $182,700
- 2013: 114 buildings, average cost: $190,300
- 2014: 123 buildings, average cost: $201,500
- 2015: 184 buildings, average cost: $223,600
- 2016: 229 buildings, average cost: $202,700
- 2017: 242 buildings, average cost: $211,700
- 2018: 310 buildings, average cost: $226,900
- 2019: 321 buildings, average cost: $235,900
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $3,135 (1.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $3,038 (1.9%)
Rock County: | 13.5% |
Wisconsin: | 10.4% |
Median age of residents in 2019: 40.3 years old
(Males: 38.4 years old, Females: 41.7 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 44.3 years old, Black residents: 32.7 years old, American Indian residents: 34.2 years old, Asian residents: 26.7 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 21.6 years old, Other race residents: 25.1 years old)
Area name: Janesville, WI MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rock County is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $627 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $821 a month.
Cities in this county include: Janesville, Beloit, Milton, Edgerton, Evansville, Rock, Fulton, Turtle, Harmony, Clinton.
Neighboring counties: Cherry County, Nebraska , Lafayette County
, Loup County, Nebraska
, Sheridan County, Nebraska
, Thomas County, Nebraska
.
Here: | 4.8% |
Wisconsin: | 4.5% |
Current college students: 6,280
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.2%
Number of foreign born residents: 7,906 (41.6% naturalized citizens)
Rock County: | 4.8% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 1,3622010 or later
- 1,8852000 to 2009
- 2,3031990 to 1999
- 1,1001980 to 1989
- 5481970 to 1979
- 884Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 77.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 50,459
- One, attached: 2,562
- Two: 5,445
- 3 or 4: 1,699
- 5 to 9: 1,665
- 10 to 19: 928
- 20 to 49: 3,123
- 50 or more: 2,251
- Mobile homes: 1,241
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 56
Housing units in Rock County with a mortgage: 28,205 (1,067 second mortgage, 3,454 home equity loan, 57 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16,609
Here: | 63.6% with mortgage |
State: | 62.7% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Rock County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 27,158 | 12 |
Mainline Protestant | 24,208 | 48 |
Evangelical Protestant | 22,177 | 80 |
Other | 1,347 | 13 |
Black Protestant | 941 | 4 |
None | 84,500 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Rock County: | 1.38 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.50 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 0.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Rock County: | 4.08 / 10,000 pop. |
Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 8.16 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Rock County: | 8.4% |
Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Rock County: | 27.5% |
State: | 27.5% |
Here: | 13.5% |
State: | 13.0% |
Agriculture in Rock County:
Average size of farms: 225 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $77,242
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $229.61
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 5.41%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 46.16%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $72,321
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 80.56%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $77,699
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.10%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 13.07
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 30.25%
Corn for grain: 129285 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 5293 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 94805 harvested acres
Vegetables: 7,478 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 158 acres
Earthquake activity:
Rock County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Wisconsin state average. It is 43% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 297.0 miles away from Rock County center
On 6/28/2004 at 06:10:52, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 83.0 miles away from the county center
On 6/10/1987 at 23:48:54, a magnitude 5.1 (4.9 MB, 4.4 MS, 4.6 MS, 5.1 LG) earthquake occurred 272.1 miles away from the county center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi) earthquake occurred 297.1 miles away from the county center
On 2/10/2010 at 09:59:35, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 55.2 miles away from Rock County center
On 6/18/2002 at 17:37:15, a magnitude 5.0 (4.3 MB, 4.6 MW, 5.0 LG) earthquake occurred 329.7 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Wisconsin Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4520-WI: April 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4520, Natural disaster type: Other
- Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 05, 2008 to July 25, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1768: June 14, 2008, FEMA Id: 1768, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Wisconsin Snow, Incident Period: February 05, 2008 to February 06, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3285: March 19, 2008, FEMA Id: 3285, Natural disaster type: Snow
- Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 18, 2007 to August 31, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1719: August 26, 2007, FEMA Id: 1719, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Wisconsin Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3249: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3249, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 07, 2004 to July 03, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1526: June 18, 2004, FEMA Id: 1526, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Wisconsin Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2000 to December 31, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3163: January 24, 2001, FEMA Id: 3163, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 05, 1998 to August 15, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1238: August 12, 1998, FEMA Id: 1238, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
- Wisconsin Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 07, 1993 to August 25, 1993, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-994: July 02, 1993, FEMA Id: 994, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Wisconsin Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornado, Incident Period: June 22, 1990 to July 19, 1990, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-874: July 13, 1990, FEMA Id: 874, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Rock County (14) is near the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 10
Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 9, Storms: 9, Tornadoes: 4, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Snow: 1, Wind: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 58,911 (82.9%)
- Carpooled: 7,348 (10.3%)
- Bus: 344 (0.5%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 799 (1.1%)
- Bicycle: 178 (0.3%)
- Walked: 981 (1.4%)
- Worked at home: 2,492 (3.5%)
- Health care and social assistance (21%)
- Manufacturing (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Retail trade (9%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (23%)
- Manufacturing (14%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Retail trade (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Production occupations (15%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (10%)
- Management occupations (9%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Material moving occupations (8%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (8%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (19%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (10%)
- Production occupations (9%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (8%)
- Management occupations (8%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (7%)
- Sales and related occupations (6%)
- Mexico (55%)
- Philippines (3%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
- Dominican Republic (3%)
- Vietnam (3%)
- Korea (2%)
- Cambodia (2%)
- German (23%)
- Norwegian (9%)
- American (8%)
- Irish (6%)
- English (3%)
- African (3%)
- European (3%)
People in group quarters in Rock County, Wisconsin in 2000:
- 972 people in nursing homes
- 949 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 468 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 208 people in other group homes
- 199 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 191 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the intellectually disabled
- 128 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 97 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 95 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 43 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 38 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 35 people in halfway houses
- 30 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 9 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in religious group quarters
People in group quarters in Rock County, Wisconsin in 2010:
- 1,137 people in college/university student housing
- 872 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 420 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 132 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 119 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 110 people in group homes intended for adults
- 81 people in correctional residential facilities
- 33 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 23 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
- 4 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 3 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
4.59% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($48,328 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.59% |
Wisconsin average: | 5.63% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.53% relocated from other counties in Wisconsin ($29,230 average AGI)
2.05% relocated from other states ($19,098 average AGI)
Rock County: 2.05% Wisconsin average: 1.91%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
from Dane County, WI | ![]() |
from Winnebago County, IL | ![]() |
from Walworth County, WI | ![]() |
from Jefferson County, WI | ![]() |
from Green County, WI | ![]() |
from Milwaukee County, WI | ![]() |
from Cook County, IL | ![]() |
4.65% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($46,253 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 4.65% |
Wisconsin average: | 5.85% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.58% relocated to other counties in Wisconsin ($25,449 average AGI)
2.07% relocated to other states ($20,804 average AGI)
Rock County: 2.07% Wisconsin average: 2.13%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
to Dane County, WI | ![]() |
to Winnebago County, IL | ![]() |
to Walworth County, WI | ![]() |
to Jefferson County, WI | ![]() |
to Green County, WI | ![]() |
to Milwaukee County, WI | ![]() |
to Waukesha County, WI | ![]() |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.2
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 12.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.2
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.7%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 24,432 (20,497 aged, 3,935 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 2,039 (5%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Rock County, Wisconsin in 1999 - 2019:
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (2,019)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (1,812)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (1,639)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (1,257)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (1,193)
- Unspecified dementia (1,163)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (804)
- Congestive heart failure (755)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (613)
- Breast, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (500)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 9,517
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 256
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 41,211
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,250
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 863
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 9
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 44
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 76
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 11
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 19.4. This is less than state average.
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 112.7. This is less than state average.
- Firearm - 54.5
- Suffocation - 33.3
- Other - 24.9
Household type by relationship:
Households: 163,354- Male householders: 31,581 (7,372 living alone), Female householders: 33,735 (12,337 living alone)
29,762 spouses (29,496 opposite-sex spouses), 7,393 unmarried partners, (6,865 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 44,855 children (41,436 natural, 1,063 adopted, 2,356 stepchildren), 2,985 grandchildren, 516 brothers or sisters, 1,721 parents, 229 foster children, 1,322 other relatives, 6,283 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 2,972
Size of family households: 18,234 2-persons, 8,350 3-persons, 7,510 4-persons, 3,161 5-persons, 1,451 6-persons, 780 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 19,709 1-person, 4,788 2-persons, 921 3-persons, 290 4-persons, 122 5-persons.
22,312 married couples with children.
9,657 single-parent households (2,001 men, 7,656 women).
91.5% of residents of Rock speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $795,900,000 ($5,085 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $97,831,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $342,377,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $140,645,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $18,701,000
Federal grants: $168,544,000
Federal procurement contracts: $104,247,000 ($89,713,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $21,386,000 ($1,739,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,324,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $41,076,000
Federal Government insurance: $79,786,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 10,589Here: | 67 per 1000 residents |
State: | 65 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 6,875
Here: | 44 per 1000 residents |
State: | 44 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +1,517
Here: | +10 per 1000 residents |
State: | +8 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +160
Here: | +1 per 1000 residents |
State: | +3 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 20.18 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Here: | 6.4 |
State: | 6.4 |
Here: | 4.2 |
State: | 4.2 |
- Year house built in Rock County, Wisconsin
- 1,3702014 or later
- 9922010 to 2013
- 6,4102000 to 2009
- 9,4321990 to 1999
- 5,0731980 to 1989
- 11,3001970 to 1979
- 7,8651960 to 1969
- 9,2881950 to 1959
- 5,2141940 to 1949
- 12,4851939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rock County, Wisconsin
- 351 room
- 02 rooms
- 7303 rooms
- 2,9124 rooms
- 8,6865 rooms
- 11,0136 rooms
- 8,3657 rooms
- 6,0208 rooms
- 7,0539+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rock County, Wisconsin
- 5211 room
- 1,5552 rooms
- 3,6523 rooms
- 6,3764 rooms
- 3,6055 rooms
- 2,6106 rooms
- 8237 rooms
- 6058 rooms
- 7559+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Rock County, Wisconsin
- 35no bedroom
- 4091 bedroom
- 7,9662 bedrooms
- 25,3223 bedrooms
- 8,9334 bedrooms
- 2,1495+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rock County, Wisconsin
- 521no bedroom
- 4,5921 bedroom
- 8,9052 bedrooms
- 5,3523 bedrooms
- 1,0194 bedrooms
- 1135+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Rock County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 733no vehicle
- 12,0721 vehicle
- 19,4822 vehicles
- 8,8883 vehicles
- 2,4214 vehicles
- 1,2185+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Rock County in renter-occupied apartments
- 2,642no vehicle
- 9,5341 vehicle
- 6,1432 vehicles
- 1,4853 vehicles
- 4314 vehicles
- 2675+ vehicles
86.0% of Rock County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Wisconsin.
Rock County: | 86.0% |
State average: | 86.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 113,517
- Other state: 41,338
- Northeast: 2,377
- Midwest: 26,982
- South: 7,720
- West: 4,259
- 77.2%Utility gas
- 10.3%Electricity
- 8.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.0%Wood
- 1.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.2%No fuel used
- 46.3%Utility gas
- 44.6%Electricity
- 6.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.3%No fuel used
- 0.4%Other fuel
- 0.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.1%Wood
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 7.7% |
Wisconsin: | 14.4% |
Here: | 3.6% |
Wisconsin: | 9.6% |
Here: | 23.7% |
Wisconsin: | 17.6% |
Rock County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $7,211,000
Air Transportation: $411,000
Parks and Recreation: $149,000
Natural Resources - Other: $119,000
Regular Highways: $2,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $4,851,000
General Public Buildings: $2,464,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $775,000
Air Transportation: $559,000
Correctional Institutions: $483,000
Parks and Recreation: $136,000
- Current Operations - Public Welfare - Other: $35,656,000
Health - Other: $27,124,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $16,830,000
Police Protection: $16,117,000
Correctional Institutions: $16,019,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $8,021,000
Regular Highways: $7,238,000
Natural Resources - Other: $2,480,000
General - Other: $2,466,000
Financial Administration: $2,430,000
Central Staff Services: $2,274,000
General Public Buildings: $1,783,000
Libraries: $1,678,000
Air Transportation: $886,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $295,000
Parks and Recreation: $247,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $28,872,000
Other: $8,469,000
Housing and Community Development: $600,000
Health and Hospitals: $260,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,247,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $3,458,000
Other: $644,000
Health and Hospitals: $40,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $46,915,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $42,370,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $8,785,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $4,240,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $514,000
Donations From Private Sources: $161,000
Rents: $132,000
General Revenue - Other: $76,000
Sale of Property: $4,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $27,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $6,931,000
General Local Government Support: $6,591,000
Highways: $5,298,000
Public Welfare: $3,928,000
Education: $2,268,000
Health and Hospitals: $28,000
- Tax - Property: $65,677,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $12,397,000
Other License: $652,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $439,000
Rock County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $7,211,000
Air Transportation: $411,000
Parks and Recreation: $149,000
Natural Resources - Other: $119,000
Regular Highways: $2,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $4,851,000
General Public Buildings: $2,464,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $775,000
Air Transportation: $559,000
Correctional Institutions: $483,000
Parks and Recreation: $136,000
- Current Operations - Public Welfare - Other: $35,656,000
Health - Other: $27,124,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $16,830,000
Police Protection: $16,117,000
Correctional Institutions: $16,019,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $8,021,000
Regular Highways: $7,238,000
Natural Resources - Other: $2,480,000
General - Other: $2,466,000
Financial Administration: $2,430,000
Central Staff Services: $2,274,000
General Public Buildings: $1,783,000
Libraries: $1,678,000
Air Transportation: $886,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $295,000
Parks and Recreation: $247,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $28,872,000
Other: $8,469,000
Housing and Community Development: $600,000
Health and Hospitals: $260,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,247,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $3,458,000
Other: $644,000
Health and Hospitals: $40,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $46,915,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $42,370,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $8,785,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $4,240,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $514,000
Donations From Private Sources: $161,000
Rents: $132,000
General Revenue - Other: $76,000
Sale of Property: $4,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $27,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $6,931,000
General Local Government Support: $6,591,000
Highways: $5,298,000
Public Welfare: $3,928,000
Education: $2,268,000
Health and Hospitals: $28,000
- Tax - Property: $65,677,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $12,397,000
Other License: $652,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $439,000
Rock County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $7,211,000
Air Transportation: $411,000
Parks and Recreation: $149,000
Natural Resources - Other: $119,000
Regular Highways: $2,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $4,851,000
General Public Buildings: $2,464,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $775,000
Air Transportation: $559,000
Correctional Institutions: $483,000
Parks and Recreation: $136,000
- Current Operations - Public Welfare - Other: $35,656,000
Health - Other: $27,124,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $16,830,000
Police Protection: $16,117,000
Correctional Institutions: $16,019,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $8,021,000
Regular Highways: $7,238,000
Natural Resources - Other: $2,480,000
General - Other: $2,466,000
Financial Administration: $2,430,000
Central Staff Services: $2,274,000
General Public Buildings: $1,783,000
Libraries: $1,678,000
Air Transportation: $886,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $295,000
Parks and Recreation: $247,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $28,872,000
Other: $8,469,000
Housing and Community Development: $600,000
Health and Hospitals: $260,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,247,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $3,458,000
Other: $644,000
Health and Hospitals: $40,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $46,915,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $42,370,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $8,785,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $4,240,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $514,000
Donations From Private Sources: $161,000
Rents: $132,000
General Revenue - Other: $76,000
Sale of Property: $4,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $27,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $6,931,000
General Local Government Support: $6,591,000
Highways: $5,298,000
Public Welfare: $3,928,000
Education: $2,268,000
Health and Hospitals: $28,000
- Tax - Property: $65,677,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $12,397,000
Other License: $652,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $439,000
Rock County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Charges - Other: $7,211,000
Air Transportation: $411,000
Parks and Recreation: $149,000
Natural Resources - Other: $119,000
Regular Highways: $2,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $4,851,000
General Public Buildings: $2,464,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $775,000
Air Transportation: $559,000
Correctional Institutions: $483,000
Parks and Recreation: $136,000
- Current Operations - Public Welfare - Other: $35,656,000
Health - Other: $27,124,000
Public Welfare Institutions: $16,830,000
Police Protection: $16,117,000
Correctional Institutions: $16,019,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $8,021,000
Regular Highways: $7,238,000
Natural Resources - Other: $2,480,000
General - Other: $2,466,000
Financial Administration: $2,430,000
Central Staff Services: $2,274,000
General Public Buildings: $1,783,000
Libraries: $1,678,000
Air Transportation: $886,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $295,000
Parks and Recreation: $247,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $28,872,000
Other: $8,469,000
Housing and Community Development: $600,000
Health and Hospitals: $260,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,247,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $3,458,000
Other: $644,000
Health and Hospitals: $40,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $46,915,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $42,370,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $8,785,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $4,240,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $514,000
Donations From Private Sources: $161,000
Rents: $132,000
General Revenue - Other: $76,000
Sale of Property: $4,000
Interest Earnings: $0
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $27,000
- State Intergovernmental - Other: $6,931,000
General Local Government Support: $6,591,000
Highways: $5,298,000
Public Welfare: $3,928,000
Education: $2,268,000
Health and Hospitals: $28,000
- Tax - Property: $65,677,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $12,397,000
Other License: $652,000
Documentary and Stock Transfer: $439,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 3,027
- Number of aged recipients: 151
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,876
- Number of recipients under 18: 618
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,050
- Number of recipients older than 64: 359
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,051
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,413
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 36 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 512 | $119,930 | 1,000 | $101,704 | 5,330 | $129,034 | 308 | $46,484 | 18 | $708,667 | 404 | $90,010 | 74 | $26,432 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 19 | $115,211 | 58 | $91,293 | 452 | $135,066 | 37 | $46,649 | 1 | $1,120,000 | 24 | $92,125 | 17 | $25,588 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 110 | $110,345 | 157 | $80,000 | 1,320 | $134,802 | 147 | $28,374 | 2 | $956,500 | 74 | $93,338 | 48 | $29,417 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 41 | $114,829 | 77 | $115,143 | 854 | $137,427 | 29 | $38,966 | 3 | $1,913,333 | 47 | $136,340 | 2 | $35,500 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 10 | $109,100 | 26 | $109,808 | 271 | $131,531 | 9 | $96,000 | 1 | $25,000 | 15 | $90,000 | 0 | $0 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 35 full tracts) | ||||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 239 | $125,632 | 325 | $143,215 | 1 | $95,000 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 44 | $152,955 | 110 | $142,564 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 35 | $119,400 | 48 | $139,229 | 1 | $230,000 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 10 | $110,300 | 26 | $147,077 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 3 | $119,333 | 2 | $213,000 | 0 | $0 |
Most common first names in Rock County, WI among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
John | 994 | 75.0 years |
Robert | 909 | 71.4 years |
William | 875 | 76.0 years |
Mary | 852 | 80.0 years |
George | 619 | 77.0 years |
James | 572 | 69.8 years |
Margaret | 516 | 80.5 years |
Helen | 513 | 79.7 years |
Charles | 488 | 76.1 years |
Dorothy | 475 | 78.7 years |
Most common last names in Rock County, WI among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Johnson | 439 | 76.2 years |
Anderson | 352 | 77.3 years |
Smith | 281 | 77.4 years |
Miller | 228 | 75.5 years |
Olson | 222 | 77.0 years |
Nelson | 209 | 77.4 years |
Brown | 181 | 77.0 years |
Hanson | 167 | 77.2 years |
Peterson | 164 | 77.4 years |
Thompson | 162 | 77.7 years |
Businesses in Rock County, WI | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ALDI | 1 | LensCrafters | 1 | |
AT&T | 1 | Little Caesars Pizza | 3 | |
Ace Hardware | 7 | Long John Silver's | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 3 | Marriott | 1 | |
Aeropostale | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 12 | |
American Eagle Outfitters | 1 | Maurices | 1 | |
Applebee's | 2 | Mazda | 1 | |
Arby's | 3 | McDonald's | 9 | |
AutoZone | 4 | Menards | 2 | |
Baskin-Robbins | 1 | Microtel | 1 | |
Bath & Body Works | 1 | Motel 6 | 1 | |
Baymont Inn | 1 | New Balance | 1 | |
Blockbuster | 1 | Nike | 12 | |
Buffalo Wild Wings | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
Burger King | 5 | OfficeMax | 1 | |
CVS | 3 | Old Navy | 1 | |
Carson Pirie Scott | 2 | Olive Garden | 1 | |
Chevrolet | 3 | Pac Sun | 1 | |
Chuck E. Cheese's | 1 | Panda Express | 1 | |
Cold Stone Creamery | 1 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Comfort Inn | 1 | Payless | 1 | |
Cracker Barrel | 1 | Penske | 1 | |
Cricket Wireless | 6 | Pier 1 Imports | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | Pizza Hut | 5 | |
DHL | 2 | Quiznos | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 5 | RadioShack | 3 | |
Decora Cabinetry | 1 | Red Robin | 1 | |
Dennys | 1 | Rodeway Inn | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 1 | Rue21 | 1 | |
Dunkin Donuts | 2 | SAS Shoes | 2 | |
Econo Lodge | 2 | Sam's Club | 1 | |
Famous Footwear | 1 | Sears | 3 | |
FedEx | 14 | Slumberland | 1 | |
Finish Line | 1 | Spencer Gifts | 1 | |
Firestone Complete Auto Care | 1 | Sprint Nextel | 1 | |
Ford | 2 | Staples | 2 | |
GNC | 3 | Starbucks | 3 | |
GameStop | 2 | Subaru | 1 | |
Gap | 1 | Subway | 7 | |
H&R Block | 7 | Super 8 | 1 | |
Hardee's | 1 | T-Mobile | 3 | |
Hilton | 1 | T.J.Maxx | 1 | |
Hobby Lobby | 1 | Taco Bell | 4 | |
Holiday Inn | 2 | Target | 1 | |
Home Depot | 1 | Toyota | 1 | |
HomeTown Buffet | 1 | Toys"R"Us | 1 | |
Honda | 1 | True Value | 1 | |
Hyundai | 1 | U-Haul | 8 | |
IHOP | 1 | UPS | 18 | |
JCPenney | 1 | Vans | 2 | |
Jones New York | 3 | Verizon Wireless | 1 | |
Journeys | 1 | Victoria's Secret | 1 | |
Justice | 1 | Volkswagen | 1 | |
KFC | 2 | Walgreens | 6 | |
Kmart | 1 | Walmart | 2 | |
Kohl's | 1 | Wendy's | 3 | |
La-Z-Boy | 3 | YMCA | 2 | |
Lane Furniture | 2 |
Rock County on our top lists:
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"