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The median home value in Rockford, MI is $462,379 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.36% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$462,379
Year-over-Year
+5.36%
Population
6,183
Rockford ranks #19 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 76.3% above the state's city median of $262,319. It sits in Kent County, where the county-wide median is $359,960.
Median household income in Rockford is $107,121, so the typical home value is about 4.3× 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).
Rockford police recorded a violent crime rate of 97 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 792 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 Rockford, that value is $462,379. That's up 5.36% from a year earlier. It is about 76.3% above the typical Michigan city tracked here.
Homes in Rockford are more expensive than Kent County as a whole, where the median is $359,960 — a difference of about 28.5%.
Median household income here is $107,121, so the typical home value is about 4.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Rockford police reported 97 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,183. 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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