The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 61077 sells for about $97,000, or $115 per square foot.
Prices are up +2.5% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 45 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $950 a month.
ZIP 61077 — Seward
ZIP 61077 is a very small, rural community with limited housing inventory and low transaction volume. Market conditions are stable, driven by local demand for rural residential properties rather than speculative investment. Prices remain modest compared to the broader Rockford metro area.
Fits rural-lifestyle seekers and those looking for affordable, quiet living away from urban density.
Median prices moved up 2.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 45 days on market with 6.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
10% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 0.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Researched annual trajectory for this ZIP, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 2.9%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Median annual property tax paid on this ZIP's residential parcels
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 3.2%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
ZCTA 61077, Winnebago County IL
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Illinois) — Property Tax Assessment (Fair Cash Value): Property is assessed at 33 1/3% of its fair cash value. The tax bill is calculated by multiplying the equalized assessed value (EAV) by the aggregate tax rate of the local taxing districts.
Residents typically rely on personal vehicles for commutes to nearby Rockford or Beloit employment hubs.
Rural setting with limited immediate amenities; residents access regional parks and shopping in nearby Rockford.
Limited rental market depth due to the rural nature of the ZIP code; vacancy pressure is generally low.
The local economy is primarily agricultural with strong ties to the broader Rockford manufacturing and logistics corridor.
Parcels are subject to local school district and county-level property tax levies.
Standard Midwestern property insurance market with typical exposure to wind and storm events.
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau ZCTA-level tables.
- Ninja Kidz Action Park (Previously Flow)4.818 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park3.819.7 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese4.216.4 mi
- West Rock Wake Park4.711.6 mi
- Tilted 10419.7 mi
- Anderson Japanese Gardens4.715.8 mi
- BMO Center4.513.6 mi
- Prairie Street Brewing Co.4.514.1 mi
- Coronado Theatre4.813.8 mi
- Byron Dragway4.89.3 mi
- Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden4.612.6 mi
- Lockwood Park4.712.2 mi
- West Rock Wake Park4.711.6 mi
- Searls Park4.612.8 mi
- Oakdale Nature Preserve4.812.4 mi
- Discovery Center Museum4.814 mi
- Burpee Museum of Natural History4.714.1 mi
- Midway Village Museum4.719.4 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House4.817.6 mi
- Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens4.713.2 mi
- Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden4.612.6 mi
- Lockwood Park4.712.2 mi
- Anna Page Park4.811.9 mi
- Wild Roots Nature Center4.77.9 mi
- Four Lakes Forest Preserve4.49.9 mi
- Prairie Street Brewing Co.4.514.1 mi
- PrairieView Golf Club4.710.1 mi
- Silver Ridge Golf Course4.512.4 mi
- Ingersoll Golf Course4.210.9 mi
- Lynx Golf Course at Westlake Village4.36 mi
- Blain's Farm & Fleet4.410.6 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Local natural area providing outdoor recreation.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.