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Housing in Rockford

A typical Rockford home is worth roughly $303,000

Typical home value
$303K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,920
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Rockford?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The homes

96% of Rockford households own their home

Half of Rockford’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters
Own 96%Rent 4%

Missouri: 68% own.

1989
typical home built · MO 1978
$1,920
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
0.63%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MO 0.85%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.9 years of income

Less than across Missouri (3.8 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$429,000
Typical Rockford home $303K

That covers a typical Rockford home, with $126K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,750
Loan $1,500Tax $160Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $700 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Rockford’s typical property tax (0.63% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $795, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820
1 bedroom$920
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,370
4 bedrooms$1,600
4%
of households rent · MO 32%
7
renter households
$795
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Kansas City, MO-KS HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Rockford vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Rockford. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Rockford$303K*—$1,050$105,506
Grant$159K*—$1,030$70,750
Mirabile—+6.1%†$1,150$76,250

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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