What is the population of Rockford city?

Rockford city has 4,521 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #165 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Rockford city?

Median household income in Rockford city is $82,228 a year, 4.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rockford city?

Median gross rent is $1,254 a month and the median home value is $265,900, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.

Is Rockford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rockford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rockford, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rockford, Minnesota (Rockford, MN — Census place “Rockford city”) is 4,521 residents, ranking #165 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $82,228, the median home is worth $265,900 and median gross rent runs $1,254 a month. Looking for the Rockford Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rockford, MN: 55373.

Population: 4,521Rockford city residents
Median household income: $82,228Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $265,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,254Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 81.6%Owner-occupied households

Rockford ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rockford.

The Rockford MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

55373

What the numbers mean in Rockford city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rockford city median would spend about 18.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.7% of residents and 81.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Rockford city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rockford city is a small town in Minnesota, with 4,521 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #165 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 42.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Rockford city earn a median of $82,228 a year, 4.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 9% above the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 6.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rockford city is valued at $265,900, 12.4% below the national figure and 11% above the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,254 a month, 10.8% below the national figure, or roughly $15,048 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 81.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Rockford city?: Rockford city has 4,521 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #165 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Rockford city?: Median household income in Rockford city is $82,228 a year, 4.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rockford city?: Median gross rent is $1,254 a month and the median home value is $265,900, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.
Is Rockford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rockford city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rockford city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.