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Rockford, Illinois MSA

The Rockford MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) includes Boone,

Ogle, and Winnebago counties of northern Illinois. Rockford is 65

miles northwest of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and 90

miles east of the Mississippi River. Its location allows for easy

access to regional, national and international markets.

The Rockford Area Council of 100 is a nonprofit economic develop-

ment organization whose mission is to develop and serve a globally

competitive region by enhancing the business climate and support-

ing primary employment investment decisions in the Rock River

Valley region of Boone, Ogle, Stephenson, and Winnebago counties

in northern Illinois, and Rock County in southern Wisconsin.

Last updated 8/4/04

Rockford Area Council of 100

Rockford is home to the second largest air hub in the UPS system.

Income Characteristics

I ncome

Population Characteristics

(2002)

Population Trends (1990-2003)

2003 est. 2002 est .2000 1990 Median Family Income. $54,407

Rockford MSA 383,648 379,376 371,236 329,676 Mean Household Income $53,429

City of Rockford 151,725 151,068 150,115 141,787 Per capita Personal Income $27,138

Winnebago Co 284,313 282,627 278,418 252,913 Source: US Census Bureau 2002 ACS Profile

Household Income by Income Group (2002)

By County (2003 est.)

Winnebago County 284,313

Number Percent

Ogle County 52,858

Total Households 141,175 100.0

Boone County 46,477

Less than $10,000 11,535 8.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

$10,000 - $14,999 5,807 4.1

$15,000 - $24,999 12,465 8.8

$25,000 - $34,999 18,072 12.8

$35,000 - $49,999 27,425 19.4

Race/Ethnicity (2002 est) Number Percent

$50,000 - $74,999 33,495 23.7

White 324,198 86.8

$75,000 and over 32,376 22.9

Black 28,344 7.6

Amer. Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 1,389 0.4 Source: U.S. Census Bureau,

Asian 5,670 1.5

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 206

Some other race 7,119 1.9

Selected Calculations 1990-2000

2 or more races 6,443 1.7

Hispanic Origin* 32,042 8.6

Population Change (thousands) +41.5

Total Population 373,369 100.0

Employment Change (thousands) +24.5

* Persons of Hispanic Origin may be of any race.

Population Growth Rate (annual) 1.26%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS Profile

Employment Growth Rate (annual) +1.45%

Land Area 1,560.0 square miles

Density 243.2 persons per square mile

Persons per Household 2.64

Source: U. S. Census Bureau 2002

Gender (2002) Number Percent

Male 186,647 50.0

Female 186,722 50.0

Total Population 373,369 100.0

Age Structure (2002) Number Percent

0-14 years 83,723 22.4

15-19 years 24,131 6.5

20-24 years 20,796 5.6

25-34 years 55,455 14.8

35-54 years 111,715 29.9

55-64 years 38,003 10.2

65 years and over 42,546 11.4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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Rockford ranks 4th among cities in the Great Lakes region for high-tech jobs.

CorpTech, 2000

Ma jor Pr ivat e Em plo yer s

Major Private Emplo ers

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Education

Attainment - 2002 est. Number

A ttainment Percent Firm Name Employment

Rockford Health System 4,400

Persons 25 years and older 244,719 100.0

Product/Service Health care

- Less than 9th grade 14,024 5.7

- 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 19,765 8.1

Textron, Inc. 3,560

- High school graduate/GED 91,429 37.4

Product/Service Screws, specialty fasteners

- Some college, no degree 55,064 22.5

- Associate degree 15,080 6.2

SwedishAmerican Health System 2,913

- Bachelor's degree 33,810 13.8 Product/Service Health care

- Graduate/professional degree 15,545 6.4

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 2,900

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2003

Product/Service Aerospace components

DaimlerChrysler Corporation 1,970

Product/Service Automobiles

K - 12 School Enrollment (2002-2003)

City of Rockford Rockford MSA

OSF St. Anthony Medical Center 1,950

No. % No. %

Product/Service Health care

Total Enrollment .. 36,584 100.0 74,950 ... 100.0

Total Public 27,330 74.7 63,968 85.4

United Parcel Service 1,700

Total Private 9,254 25.3 10,982 14.6 Product/Service Parcel sorting hub

Source: National Public School Locator, Illinois State Board of Education

Invensys Building Systems 1,200

Product/Service Environmental controls

Institutions of Higher Learning

Woodward 1,029

within Commuting Distance Enrollment

Product/Service Governors & auxiliary equipment

4-year:

Beloit College (Beloit, WI) 1,281

MCI 1,000

Northern Illinois University - DeKalb 25,260 Product/Service Telemarketing

Northern Illinois University - Rockford campus 379

Rockford College 1,557 Newell/Amerock 995

St. Anthony College of Nursing 71 Product/Service..Cabinet, window, & furniture hardware

Community:

War-Mart Stores 970

Highland Community College - Freeport 2,462

Product/Service Retail merchandise

Kishwaukee College - Malta 4,076

Rock Valley College 9,298

Rochelle Foods, Incorporated 900

Other:

Product/Service Pork processing

Rockford Business College 318

U of I - College of Medicine at Rockford 156

Cadbury Adams 890

Product/Service Chewing gum

Quebecor Printing 750

Product/Service Commercial Printing

ComEd 750

Product/Service Electric power

R&D Theil, Inc. - CCA 640

Product/Service Structural Components

Kable News 560

Product/Service Magazine publishing & distribution

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Rockford ranks 76th out of 315 U.S. metropolitan areas for manufacturing.

Industry Week, 2001

Commercial/Indus tr ial Ser vices

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Labor Mar ke t Char act er is tics

Rockford MSA Labor Force Summary (2003) Machineshops 187

Tool & die shops .89

Labor Force 195,501

Automobile manufacturers, parts/assembly 26

Total Employment 179,015

General waste disposal services? yes

Number Unemployed 16,486

Hazardous waste disposal services?y yes

Percent Unemployed 8.4%

State-designated Enterprise Zones located in:

Percent Unemployed (2003)

Rockford, Belvidere/Boone County, and Rockton/South

City of Rockford 8.4%

Beloit.

Illinois 6.7%

Tax Increment Financing districts located in:

U.S. 6.0%

Rockford (7), Belvidere, Machesney Park, and South

Beloit.

Industrial Development Revenue Bond and Revolving

Employment by Industry ( Nov. 2003)

Loan Fund programs available in most areas.

Non-Agricultural Wage & Salary Workers 173,100

Services 61,600

Manufacturing 39,800

Commuting Characteristics

Retail Trade 18,900

Government 19,100

Highways serving area:

Transportation, Communications, Utilities 9,700

Wholesale Trade 7,100 Interstate: I-90, I-88, I-39

Construction & Mining 8,900 Federal: US Route 20, US Route 51/251

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 8,000

State: 9 state highways--IL 2, 26, 38, 64, 70, 72, 75, 76, 173

60000

Means of Transportation Number Percent

Workers 16 years and older 170,415 100.0

50000

- Private vehicle 161,008 94.5

- Public transportation (Bus) 1,148 0.7

40000

- Walked 973 0.6

- Other means 2,531 1.5

30000

- Work at home 4,755 2.8

Mean travel time to work 22.4 min.

20000 Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2003

10000

Public Transportation

Rockford Mass Transit District (RMTD)

0

Services Manufacturing Retail Trade Wholesale Trade

15 routes

Average Weekly Wages by Industry

(1st Qtr., 2003)

37 vehicles

Manufacturing $714

Hourly stops from 5:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.

Finance, Insurance $1,096

Real Estate, & Rental and Leasing $481

Transportation & Warehousing $671

Construction $756

Shuttle Services

Wholesale Trade $769

Van Galder Bus Company

Mining, Quarrying $480

Daily service to and from O'Hare includes 31 trips

Educational Services $372

Health Care & Social Assistance $658 from 4 a.m. to midnight.

Retail Trade $469 Daily service to Downtown Chicago and Union Station

Agriculture $258

Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security

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Between 1994 and 1998, the Greater Rockford Airport was

the fastest growing cargo airport in the U.S. FAA Statistics

Access t o Mar ke ts

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Air Service

Greater Rockford Airport (RFD)

R ockford's UPS Air Hub was constructed at

!Among the nation's fastest growing cargo airports the Greater Rockford Airport in 1994 as a key

!UPS regional air hub component in the global UPS network. As the largest

!10,000 and 8,200 feet of Hard Surface Runway regional air hub in the country, Rockford is the only

!Narrow and Wide Body Capable facility of its type that handles cargo going coast to

!Category I/III Instrument Landing System coast. Around the clock operations are permitted.

!VOR

!Non-Directional Beacon With earlier delivery and later drop-off times, the hub

!Centerline and Touchdown Zone Lighting provides local businesses greater flexibility and a stra-

tegic advantage for serving their customers. For an

advanced logistics analysis on how a Rockford loca-

tion can improve your operations, call the Council of

100 at 815-***-****.

Transit Time

Distance and travel time from the Rockford Area to:

Highway Highway Days by Days by

City Miles Kilometers Rail Truck

Atlanta 761 1,218 5 2

Air Freight/Air Cargo firms

Chicago 90 141 1 1

Airborne Express, United Parcel Service, BAX Global, Emery

Cleveland 422 675 4 1

Worldwide Air Charter

Dallas 830 1,328 3 3

Total Landed Cargo Wt., 2002 (lbs.) 1,260,688,390

Denver 909 1,454 4 3

Other services: U.S. Customs Port of Entry,

Detroit 373 597 4 1

Foreign Trade Zone #176, public warehousing

Kansas City 412 659 2 1

Los Angeles 1,967 3,147 6 4

Motor Freight Services

Milwaukee 90 141 1 1

Number of carriers 60

Minneapolis 353 565 3 1

Number of Terminals 37

New Orleans 999 1,598 5 3

New York 889 1,422 5 3

Rail Service St. Louis 297 479 2 1

Rail Carriers serving area:

Burlington Northern-Santa Fe (BNSF)

Union Pacific

Canadian National

Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad

Illinois RailNet

Parcel Distribution Services

!UPS Air Hub

!Emery Worldwide Air Charter

!Landstar Inway

!Airborne Express

!BAX Global

!FedEx

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Rockford Area Council of 100

Rockford serves as the telecommunications hub for the Top of Illinois.

Telecommunications

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R e t ail Tr ade

Telecommunications: Intra-LATA (Local) carriers

Sales by Store Group (2003)

Total Retail Sales 2,841,826,335

SBC

- General Merchandise Stores 12.8%

Service Territory within MSA: Rockford, Loves Park,

- Food Stores 7.0%

Machesney Park, South Beloit

- Eating & Drinking Places 9.8%

- Apparel & Accessories 2.4%

Choice One Communications

- Furniture & Household Goods 6.3%

Service territory within MSA: Rockford, Loves Park,

- Building Materials & Hardware 8.9%

Machesney Park

- Auto Dealers & Gasoline Service Stations 26.8%

- Drug Stores & Miscellaneous Retail 9.2%

McLeod USA

Service Territory within MSA: Rockford, Loves Park,

Estimated Retail Sales per Household $20,130

Machesney Park, Belvidere and surrounding areas

Number of Retail Establishments 10,975

Retail Sales Tax:

TDS METROCOM

- State 5.00%

Service Territory within MSA: Rockford, Loves Park,

- County 0.25%

Machesney Park, Belvidere and surrounding areas

- Municipal 2.00%

Verizon

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue.

Service Territory within MSA: Boone, Ogle and Winnebago

counties (except Rockford, Loves Park, Machesney Park,

South Beloit, Leaf River)

Note: Independent telephone exchanges exist in Leaf River and the Bergen and Sharon

areas of northern Boone county.

Utilities

Telecommunications: Inter-LATA (Long Distance)

carriers

Electric

AT&T Communications McLeod USA

Alliant Energy (Investor-owned)

Choice One Communications Sprint

Service Territory within MSA: northern portion of

MCI Qwest

Winnebago and Boone counties

ComEd (Investor-owned)

Service Territory within MSA: Boone, Ogle, and

Telecommunications: Broadband Suppliers and

Winnebago(except northern) counties

Services

Tax: State=5%, Franchise Fee=0-5%, Municipal=0-5%

SBC McLeod USA

Choice One Communications TDS METROCOM

Rochelle Electric Utilities (City-owned)

Service Territory within MSA: City of Rochelle

"Redundant Networks of Fiber Optic Rings

Natural Gas

"Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

NiCor Gas Co. (Investor-owned)

"Digital Subscriber Line Service ( DSL)

Service Territory within MSA: Boone, Ogle and Winnebago

"OC3 - OC48 Fiber Cables

counties (except City of South Beloit, Village of Rockton)

"Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

Tax: State=5%

"Virtual Internet Service (VIS)

"T1 Lines

South Beloit Water, Gas & Electric (Investor-owned;

subsidiary of Wisconsin Power & Light Co.)

Insight Communications

Service Territory within MSA: City of South Beloit

" Digital/Cable Modems

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Rockford ranks first among medium-sized cities for golf.

Golf Digest, 2000

Quality of Life

Cost of Living

Public Parks 185

ACCRA Cost-of-Living Index (1st Qtr., 2002)

Parkland acres >7,000

Boston, MA 140.0 Public Swimming Pools 6

Health Clubs 9

Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV 132.3

Public Golf Courses 21

San Diego, CA 129.8

Country Clubs 6

Philadelphia, PA-NJ 117.6

Public Libraries 9

Minneapolis, MN 108.2 Museums 10

Art Galleries 12

Denver, CO 106.5

Symphony Orchestra 1

Grand Rapids, MI 105.2

Community Theatres 4

Cleveland, OH 104.8

Indoor Ice Arenas 2

Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA 102.8 Indoor Sports Centers 1

Water Parks 1

Dallas, TX 100.6

Sports: Rockford Icehogs UHL hockey team, Rockford

Phoenix, AZ 98.8

Lightning CBA basketball team, Rockford Raptors

Green Bay, WI 98.7

Premier NISL soccer team, Rockford Riverhawks

Rockford, IL 98.4 minor league baseball team, Rockford Speedway,

Byron Dragway

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News (VA-NC) .. 98.0

Protestant Churches* 402

Tampa, FL 97.0

Catholic Churches 19

Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 93.8

Jewish Synagogues 2

San Antonio, TX 88.9 Islamic Mosque 1

Source: ACCRA

* 56 denominations represented.

Climate

Average Winter Temp 22.120 F -5.460 C

Average Summer Temp 71.020 F 21.680 C Festival of Lights

Average Annual Rainfall 36.28 in 92.15 cm

Average Annual Snowfall 35.20 in 89.41 cm

Ave. Annual Days Below Freezing 144

Heating Degree Days 3,186

Coronado Theatre

Cooling Degree Days 714

Location

Mean Elevation (above sea level) 715 feet

Latitude N 420 16' 07"

Longitude W 890 05' 48"

Healt h Car e

Health Care

Hospitals No. of Beds

Rockford Health Systems (Rockford) 339

SwedishAmerican Hospital (Rockford) 296

OSF St. Anthony Medical Center (Rockford) 201

Freeport Memorial Hospital (Freeport) 179

Rochelle Community Hospital (Rochelle) 34

Northwest Suburban Community Hosp.(Belvidere) 307

Number of Physicians (M.D.) 849

Number of Dentists (D.D.S.) 202

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Rockford MSA ranks 1st in housing affordability in the U.S.

National Association of Home Builders, Fourth Quarter, 2001

ordability

Housing Af f or dability

Median Sale Price - Existing Single Family Home (2003)

$196,600

Elgin

$192,000

Chicago

$188,700

Madison, WI

$185,400

Will-Grundy Co

$182,100

Milwaukee, WI

Bloomington-

$138,800

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