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Population (year 2000): 4,626. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,062 (+9.4% change)
Males: 2,224 (48.1%), Females: 2,402 (51.9%)
Kent County
Zip codes:
49341.
Median resident age: 31.5 years
Median household income: $50,562 (year 2000)
Median house value: $116,400 (year 2000)
Races in Rockford:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.4%)
- Hispanic (1.5%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Other race (0.6%)
- Black (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (23.9%), Dutch (18.2%),
English (13.4%), Irish (13.2%), Polish (12.3%), French (5.5%).
Elevation: 693 feet
Land area: 3.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rockford
- High school or higher: 89.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.2%
- Unemployed: 2.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rockford city
- Never married: 23.3%
- Now married: 58.5%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 6.1%
- Divorced: 10.7%
2.2% Foreign born (1.1% Asia, 0.6% Europe, 0.3%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +859 (+22.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Rockford:
- METROPOLITIAN HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; GRAND
RAPIDS, MI)
- MARY FREE BED HOSPTIAL (about 13 miles; GRAND
RAPIDS, MI)
- SAINT MARY'S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles;
GRAND RAPIDS, MI)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rockford:
- GERALD R. FORD INTERNATIONAL (about 18 miles; GRAND
RAPIDS, MI; ID: GRR)
- MUSKEGON COUNTY (about 47 miles; MUSKEGON, MI; ID:
MKG)
- W K KELLOGG (about 61 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; ID:
BTL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rockford:
- WELLS (about 5 miles; ROCKFORD, MI; ID: 35C)
- PAUL C. MILLER-SPARTA (about 8 miles; SPARTA, MI;
ID: 8D4)
- WILDERNESS AIRPARK (about 13 miles; KENT CITY, MI;
ID: 24M)
Amtrak station:
ROCKFORD (39 S. MAIN ST.) - Bus Station. Services: fully
wheelchair accessible.
College/University in Rockford:
- AIR SHIP AND SHORE INC (Location: 4791 14
MILE RD; Private, for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rockford:
- AQUINAS COLLEGE (about 13 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI;
Full-time enrollment: 2,022)
- GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles;
GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 7,590)
- CALVIN COLLEGE (about 14 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT
enrollment: 4,148)
- GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles;
ALLENDALE, MI; FT enrollment: 15,124)
- FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; BIG RAPIDS,
MI; FT enrollment: 8,593)
- MUSKEGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles;
MUSKEGON, MI; FT enrollment: 2,365)
- HOPE COLLEGE (about 46 miles; HOLLAND, MI; FT
enrollment: 2,918)
Public high school in Rockford:
- ROCKFORD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,785;
Location: 4100 KROES STREET NE; Grades: 10 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Rockford:
- EAST ROCKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 904;
Location: 8615 9 MILE ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- NORTH ROCKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 872;
Location: 397 E. DIVISION STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MEADOW RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
647; Location: 8100 COURTLAND DRIVE NE; Grades: KG - 05)
- ROCKFORD H.S. FRESHMAN CENTER (Students: 633;
Location: 4500 KROES STREET NE; Grades: 09 - 09)
- VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 542;
Location: 405 SUMMIT AVENUE NE; Grades: KG - 05)
- LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 501;
Location: 6849 YOUNG AVENUE NE; Grades: KG - 05)
- CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 493;
Location: 6350 COURTLAND DRIVE NE; Grades: KG - 05)
- ROGUEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 479;
Location: 3900 KROES STREET NE; Grades: KG - 05)
- PARKSIDE SCHOOL (Students: 299; Location: 156
LEWIS STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
- CANNONSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 198;
Location: 4894 STURGIS AVENUE NE; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Rockford:
- OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION SCHOOL (Students:
223; Location: 4865 11 MILE ROAD NE; Grades: KG - 6)
- ROCKFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 72;
Location: 6780 MARTIN VIEW DRIVE NE; Grades: KG - 5)
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