Compare Rockford Metro Area, IL vs Illinois (IL) vs United States

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Metric	Rockford Metro Area, IL Metro Area	Illinois (IL) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	336,522	12,694,798	334,922,499
Rent	$1,023	$1,274	$1,413
Year built	1973	1971	1980
Household income	$68,033	$83,390	$80,734
Per capita income	$36,348	$46,406	$44,673
Poverty rate	14.7%	11.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.0%	4.0%
Household size	2.5	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	46.5%	44.5%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	336,522	12,694,798	334,922,499
Adults over 25	228,907	8,767,004	230,807,303
Total households	135,474	5,036,449	129,227,496
Household size	2.5	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$68,033	$83,390	$80,734
Per capita income	$36,348	$46,406	$44,673
Poverty rate	14.7%	11.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.0%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	46.5%	44.5%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,023	$1,274	$1,413
Year built	1973	1971	1980
Households that rent	31.9%	32.9%	34.8%
Households that own	68.1%	67.1%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.8	5.6	5.5
Race
White	67.2%	61%	61%
Black	10.6%	13.6%	12.2%
Asian	2.6%	6%	6%
Two or more races	11.7%	10.9%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	18.8%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	82.9%	81.2%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	90.2%	84.1%	84.9%
Commute time to work	24.0 min	28.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	9.8%	15.9%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	32.5%	27.1%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	30.4%	25.1%	26%
Some college or associate degree	12.1%	10%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	25%	37.8%	35.7%