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The median home value in Rock Falls, IL is $124,862 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.96% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$124,862
Year-over-Year
+1.96%
Population
8,545
Rock Falls ranks #260 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 60.9% below the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Whiteside County, where the county-wide median is $150,218.
Median household income in Rock Falls is $49,600, so the typical home value is about 2.5× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Rock Falls police recorded a violent crime rate of 597 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,972 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Rock Falls, that value is $124,862. That's up 1.96% from a year earlier. It is about 60.9% below the typical Illinois city tracked here.
Homes in Rock Falls are cheaper than Whiteside County as a whole, where the median is $150,218 — a difference of about 16.9%.
Median household income here is $49,600, so the typical home value is about 2.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Rock Falls police reported 597 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 8,545. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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