The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 61039 sells for about $181,430, or $118 per square foot.
Prices are up +6.7% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 11 days to sell, which is fast. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $954 a month.
ZIP 61039 — German Valley
The Rockford housing market is currently characterized by high demand and low inventory, leading to rapid sales and competitive bidding. Prices have shown consistent year-over-year growth, supported by a tight supply of active listings. Market conditions remain favorable for sellers as properties continue to sell quickly relative to historical norms.
Median prices moved up 6.7% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 11 days on market with 0.6 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
10% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 101.3% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.3% · poverty 9.6% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 61039
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Data aggregated from Rockford city-level and metro-level census reports as ZIP-specific ZCTA data is not independently published in the provided sources.
- West Rock Wake Park4.716.7 mi
- BMO Center4.518.8 mi
- Prairie Street Brewing Co.4.519.2 mi
- Coronado Theatre4.819 mi
- Byron Dragway4.811.5 mi
- Winnebago County Fairgrounds4.48.1 mi
- Classic Cinemas Lindo Theatre4.610.1 mi
- 4 Seasons Bowling Center4.211.2 mi
- Oakdale Nature Preserve4.87.6 mi
- Uptown Lanes/ Back Alley Bar & Grill4.411.9 mi
- Jarrett Prairie Center4.812.2 mi
- Discovery Center Museum4.819.2 mi
- Burpee Museum of Natural History4.719.3 mi
- Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens4.718.3 mi
- Rockford Art Museum4.619.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Hall4.618.9 mi
- Krape Park4.811 mi
- Wild Roots Nature Center4.712.7 mi
- Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve4.66.1 mi
- Oakdale Nature Preserve4.87.6 mi
- Jarrett Prairie Center4.812.2 mi
- Prairie Street Brewing Co.4.519.2 mi
- PrairieView Golf Club4.712.4 mi
- Silver Ridge Golf Course4.512.1 mi
- Park Hills Golf Course4.812.5 mi
- Lynx Golf Course at Westlake Village4.310.5 mi
- The Freeport Club4.611.1 mi
- Blain's Farm & Fleet4.59.8 mi
- The Meadows Shopping Center4.210 mi
- Freeport Plaza4.310.2 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.