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Rock City village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Rock City village is a Census village of 441 people across 0.14 square miles of land, in Stephenson County. Median household income is $68,125, 79.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Rock City
What Rock City is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.14 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,254 plus or minus 1,210
- County holding the largest share of its areaStephenson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rock City
How many people live in Rock City
- Population441 plus or minus 164
- Median age26.8 plus or minus 13.5
- Population under 18167 plus or minus 99
- Share under 1837.9 percent plus or minus 17.5
- Population 65 and over62 plus or minus 25
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent
- Households154 plus or minus 40
- Family households99 plus or minus 29
- Share of households that are families64.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Rock City
- Median household income$68,125 plus or minus $24,647
- Per capita income$26,036 plus or minus $7,271
- Civilian labor force206 plus or minus 63
- Employed198 plus or minus 61
- Unemployed8 plus or minus 8
- Unemployment rate3.9 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over226 plus or minus 58
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.1 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Rock City
- Housing units157 plus or minus 39
- Occupied units154 plus or minus 40
- Vacant units3 plus or minus 7
- Vacancy rate1.9 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied123 plus or minus 31
- Renter occupied31 plus or minus 25
- Ownership rate79.9 percent plus or minus 28.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$122,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$842 plus or minus $256
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.8 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Single family units126 plus or minus 30
- Share single family80.3 percent plus or minus 27.6
- Units in buildings of two or more25 plus or minus 27
- Share in buildings of two or more15.9 percent plus or minus 16.8
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Rock City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute178 plus or minus 60
- Commuting under 15 minutes32 plus or minus 23
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.0 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more73 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.0 percent plus or minus 15.5
- Drove alone75.4 percent plus or minus 18.6
- Carpooled14.9 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home8.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Rock City (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,876,000
- Average approval$1,438,000
- Median approval$2,268,000
- Largest approval$2,268,000
- Jobs supported10
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Stephenson County, not Rock City
Stephenson County context, not Rock City figures
These are Stephenson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rock City measurements.
- Establishments in Stephenson County1,003
- Employment at those establishments, Stephenson County15,626
- Covered employment, Stephenson County17,367
- Average annual pay, Stephenson County$55,932
- Average weekly wage, Stephenson County$1,076
- Housing units permitted, Stephenson County5
- Of those, single family, Stephenson County5
- County product, 2024, Stephenson County$2,485,213,000
- County product change over the prior year, Stephenson County6.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Stephenson County$49,710
Every figure in this section is published for Stephenson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rock City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Rock City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rock City, Illinois?
441, in 154 households. Rock City village covers 0.14 square miles of land, which is 3,254 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rock City in?
Stephenson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Rock City?
$68,125. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $122,700. Median gross rent is $842 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Rock City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Stephenson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Rock City.
Is zoning published for Rock City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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