Rock City, IL

The affordability dashboard for Rock City, IL aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 1,130 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B (71/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $84,167, median home value of $157,000, median rent of $642 per month, and 26.3% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $916 per month (studio $694, 1BR $698, 3BR $1,124, 4BR $1,342).

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Strengths visible in the raw data for Rock City, IL include housing, rent. Unemployment currently reads 5.4% and poverty 3.3% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.