Home appreciation in Rockford, IL

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Rockford, IL grew an average of 11.1% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+8.3%

2025 over 2024. Illinois: +6.6%.

5-year, per year

+11.1%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Illinois: +8.3%.

10-year, per year

+7.4%

+103.3% in total since 2015. Illinois: +5.5%.

How does your home compare?

Rockford, IL home prices rose 103.3% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +79.1% to +146.7%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Rockford, IL compares with Illinois

Illinois averaged +8.3% a year, so Rockford, IL grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Rockford, IL ranks 39th out of 409 metros nationwide and 1st out of 10 in Illinois.

Index, 2005 = 100

Rockford, IL and Illinois, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearRockford, ILIllinois
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2101102
2005 Q3104104
2005 Q4104106
2006 Q1105108
2006 Q2106109
2006 Q3108109
2006 Q4109111
2007 Q1110111
2007 Q2110111
2007 Q3110110
2007 Q4109110
2008 Q1110110
2008 Q2109108
2008 Q3106104
2008 Q4106104
2009 Q1106103
2009 Q2105100
2009 Q310297
2009 Q410196
2010 Q110095
2010 Q29894
2010 Q39894
2010 Q49794
2011 Q19491
2011 Q29089
2011 Q39289
2011 Q49189
2012 Q18988
2012 Q28887
2012 Q38888
2012 Q48888
2013 Q18787
2013 Q28688
2013 Q38488
2013 Q48288
2014 Q18389
2014 Q28390
2014 Q38492
2014 Q48492
2015 Q18593
2015 Q28594
2015 Q38694
2015 Q48595
2016 Q18495
2016 Q28896
2016 Q38998
2016 Q49098
2017 Q18897
2017 Q29099
2017 Q392100
2017 Q493100
2018 Q192101
2018 Q295101
2018 Q397102
2018 Q496101
2019 Q196102
2019 Q298104
2019 Q3100105
2019 Q4101105
2020 Q1100106
2020 Q2101106
2020 Q3104107
2020 Q4106109
2021 Q1107110
2021 Q2114115
2021 Q3121119
2021 Q4125122
2022 Q1126125
2022 Q2133132
2022 Q3137134
2022 Q4135132
2023 Q1136134
2023 Q2145139
2023 Q3151142
2023 Q4151143
2024 Q1153145
2024 Q2159150
2024 Q3163152
2024 Q4166153
2025 Q1168155
2025 Q2172159
2025 Q3178162
2025 Q4177163
2026 Q1180164
2026 Q2186169

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +7.4% a year over ten years, +103.3% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2007, fell 24.0% to its 2014 low, and regained the 2007 level in 2021.

The strongest year was 2021 at +13.8%, and the weakest was 2011 at -6.4%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +8.3%, against +6.6% for the state.

ZIP codes in Rockford, IL

Over the ten years to 2025, the 20 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +79.1% in 61016 to +146.7% in 61104, while the metro as a whole rose 103.3%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 61104+146.7%
  2. 61101+140.7%
  3. 61102+116.5%
  4. 61109+115.9%
  5. 61108+113.8%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 61016+79.1%
  2. 61072+81.6%
  3. 61063+83.3%
  4. 61065+83.5%
  5. 61011+87.4%
ZIP codes in Rockford, IL ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
61104+15.8%+15.9%+9.5%+146.7%
61101+13.6%+13.3%+9.2%+140.7%
61102+20.2%+13.5%+8.0%+116.5%
61109+6.7%+11.0%+8.0%+115.9%
61108+8.0%+11.8%+7.9%+113.8%
61107+9.9%+11.3%+7.4%+104.8%
61115+6.1%+10.8%+7.4%+103.8%
61103+7.3%+12.2%+7.4%+103.5%
61114+7.9%+11.5%+7.2%+100.9%
61111+6.6%+10.2%+7.0%+96.4%
61008+10.5%+10.0%+6.8%+92.6%
61073+8.1%+10.6%+6.8%+92.2%
61080+3.2%+10.4%+6.7%+90.8%
61088+7.2%+9.4%+6.6%+89.3%
61024+7.8%+10.7%+6.6%+89.2%
61011+8.9%+10.3%+6.5%+87.4%
61065+0.6%+9.4%+6.3%+83.5%
61063+4.8%+8.7%+6.2%+83.3%
61072+5.9%+9.5%+6.1%+81.6%
61016+1.9%+8.5%+6.0%+79.1%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Rockford, IL and Illinois, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006104.5+4.5%105.6
2007107.3+2.7%107.2
2008105.3-1.9%103.0
2009101.2-3.9%96.1
201096.0-5.1%91.1
201189.9-6.4%86.7
201286.4-3.9%85.0
201382.7-4.3%85.2
201481.6-1.3%87.8
201583.6+2.4%90.9
201685.6+2.5%93.6
201788.7+3.6%95.9
201892.7+4.5%97.9
201996.7+4.3%100.7
2020100.5+3.9%103.6
2021114.4+13.8%112.7
2022129.8+13.5%126.6
2023142.6+9.8%134.8
2024156.9+10.0%145.1
2025169.9+8.3%154.7

The 10 measured metros in Illinois

Measured metros in Illinois ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Rockford, IL+8.3%+11.1%+7.4%
2Elgin, IL (metropolitan division)+6.5%+9.4%+6.4%
3Lake County, IL (metropolitan division)+7.6%+9.2%+5.4%
4Bloomington, IL+3.9%+9.1%+4.8%
5Champaign-Urbana, IL+6.3%+8.8%+5.3%
6Kankakee, IL+3.5%+8.4%+5.7%
7Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL (metropolitan division)+6.6%+8.1%+5.5%
8Decatur, IL+4.5%+7.9%+4.7%
9Peoria, IL+6.6%+7.6%+4.1%
10Springfield, IL+5.7%+7.6%+4.4%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Illinois row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2