Rockford township, Winnebago County, Illinois (IL)

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Rockford township, IL map Land area: 111.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.7 sq. mi.
Population: 178,853 (98% urban, 2% rural)

Males: 86,347	(48.3%)
Females: 92,506	(51.7%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 174,436 (118,495 owner occupied, 55,941 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	32%
State:	33%

Races in Rockford township:

White Non-Hispanic: 72.4%
Black: 14.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 1.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 8.9%
Two or more races: 1.6%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 35.8
Median age of females: 37.4

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Average household size: 2.46

Rockford township:	2.5 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 3.06

Estimated median household income in 2007: $42,801 ($39,051 in 1999)

This township:	$42,801
Illinois:	$54,123

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $521 (lower quartile is $398, upper quartile is $648)

Here:	$521
State:	$669

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $111,620 (it was $81,300 in 2000)

Rockford township:	$111,620
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $79,279 - $151,968

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $129,425
Here: $129,425
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $152,179
Here: $152,179
State: $258,887

In 2-unit structures: $142,546
Here: $142,546
State: $320,810

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $83,921
Here: $83,921
State: $330,214

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $131,460
Here: $131,460
State: $275,408

Mobile homes: $20,994
Here: $20,994
State: $35,670

Population density: 1611 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	12.6%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	6.2%
Whole state:	5.1%

Cities in this township include: Rockford, Cherry Valley, New Millford.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Churches in Rockford township include: New Milford Church, Chapelwood Evangelical Free Church, Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, Riverside Assembly of God Church, Rockford Church of Christ, Lincoln Wood Baptist Church, Celestial Church, Kishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church, Mount Zion Assembly Church.

Cemetery: Davis Cemetery.

Parks in Rockford township include: Hinchcliff Memorial Forest Preserve, GEM Field Park.

Number of foreign born residents: 13,557 (34% naturalized citizens)

Rockford township:	7.6%
State:	12.3%

56% of Rockford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 118021
Northeast: 3281
Midwest: 23824
South: 15368
West: 3738

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,200

Rockford township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Rockford township, Illinois

2191 people in nursing homes
655 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
407 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
345 people in homes for the mentally retarded
341 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
98 people in other nonhousehold living situations
93 people in halfway houses
88 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
75 people in homes for the mentally ill
30 people in religious group quarters
28 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
24 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
24 people in other group homes
11 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
7 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 48,827
One, attached: 2,207
Two: 7,694
3 or 4: 5,352
5 to 9: 3,037
10 to 19: 2,425
20 to 49: 1,734
50 or more: 3,332
Mobile homes: 1,267
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2

Median worth of mobile homes: $14,700

Housing units in Rockford township with a mortgage: 27,734 (2,829 second mortgage, 3,760 home equity loan, 87 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12,961

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 540
1995 to 1998: 2,958
1990 to 1994: 3,153
1980 to 1989: 5,891
1970 to 1979: 10,233
1960 to 1969: 13,033
1950 to 1959: 14,892
1940 to 1949: 9,366
1939 or earlier: 15,811

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rockford township, Illinois:
	1 room: 25 2 rooms: 343 3 rooms: 994 4 rooms: 3,753 5 rooms: 11,257 6 rooms: 11,528 7 rooms: 8,470 8 rooms: 4,903 9 or more rooms: 4,855

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rockford township, Illinois:
	1 room: 757 2 rooms: 2,049 3 rooms: 4,571 4 rooms: 7,399 5 rooms: 5,581 6 rooms: 2,570 7 rooms: 1,281 8 rooms: 431 9 or more rooms: 230

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Rockford township:
	no bedroom: 73 1 bedroom: 1,291 2 bedrooms: 11,624 3 bedrooms: 23,494 4 bedrooms: 8,229 5 or more bedrooms: 1,417

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rockford township:
	no bedroom: 1,016 1 bedroom: 7,380 2 bedrooms: 11,062 3 bedrooms: 4,250 4 bedrooms: 1,029 5 or more bedrooms: 132

Cars and other vehicles available in Rockford township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,978 1 vehicle: 14,768 2 vehicles: 20,583 3 vehicles: 6,514 4 vehicles: 1,731 5 or more vehicles: 554

Cars and other vehicles available in Rockford township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 5,407 1 vehicle: 12,466 2 vehicles: 5,643 3 vehicles: 1,100 4 vehicles: 200 5 or more vehicles: 53

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males:

Metal and metal products (11%)
Construction (8%)
Machinery (7%)
Transportation equipment (6%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Health care (4%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (18%)
Educational services (10%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Cashiers (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Rockford township:

German (17.5%)
Swedish (9.6%)
Irish (8.2%)
Italian (7.1%)
English (6.2%)
United States or American (5.7%)
Norwegian (3.4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (49%)
Laos (5%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (4%)
Italy (4%)
Poland (3%)
Vietnam (3%)
Germany (3%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 65,788 (82%)
Carpooled: 9,348 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,167 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 33 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 10 (0%)
Railroad: 15 (0%)
Ferryboat: 7 (0%)
Taxi: 24 (0%)
Motorcycle: 24 (0%)
Bicycle: 229 (0%)
Walked: 1,391 (2%)
Other means: 411 (1%)
Worked at home: 2,007 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (90%) Electricity (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

People in group quarters in Rockford township, Illinois

2191 people in nursing homes
655 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
407 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
345 people in homes for the mentally retarded
341 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
98 people in other nonhousehold living situations
93 people in halfway houses
88 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
75 people in homes for the mentally ill
30 people in religious group quarters
28 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
24 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
24 people in other group homes
11 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
7 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children

87.7% of residents of Rockford township speak English at home.
7.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 174,385

In family households: 144,512 (33,413 male householders, 12,425 female householders)
33,697 spouses, 52,273 children (47,690 natural, 1,405 adopted, 3,178 stepchildren), 3,567 grandchildren, 1,628 brothers or sisters, 1,215 parents, 2,350 other relatives, 3,944 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 29,873 (10,936 male householders (8,774 living alone)), 14,178 female householders (12,473 living alone)), 4,759 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,400 (3,067 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 19,512 2-persons, 10,562 3-persons, 8,836 4-persons, 4,194 5-persons, 1,614 6-persons, 1,120 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 21,247 1-person, 3,319 2-persons, 370 3-persons, 115 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

26,651 married couples with children.
14,204 single-parent households (2,707 men, 11,497 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4,133

Here:	19.7%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,888

Here:	19.7%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,651

Here:	24.9%
Illinois:	25.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Rockford township:

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