Targeted Industries For More Information

• Aerospace Production The Rockford Area Economic Development Council (RAEDC) and • Alternative Energy Growth Dimensions for Belvidere-Boone County are nonprofit • Chemical Manufacturing economic development agencies whose primary roles are to enhance • Customer Service Centers wealth creation in the Rockford Region by marketing the area and • Food Processing helping employers retain and create quality jobs. We work closely • Healthcare with many partners to serve as a one-stop resource for clients, • Industrial Machine Manufacturing to improve the competitiveness of the region and to engage the • Logistics community in the work of economic development. • Metals Manufacturing ROCKFORD REGION • On & Off Road Vehicle • Professional Business Services • Rail-Related Manufacturing Services Available ILLINOIS, USA • Database of available sites and building profiles • Wage and labor market information • General, statistical, economic and demographic info • Employer training program information • Energy cost information and comparisons Quick Reference Guide • Business climate cost analysis • Coordination of state and local incentives • Business financing programs • Relocation services

Regional Market Uniqueness

• Available/productive labor force • Excellent infrastructure network and access • Pro-development oriented communities • Competitive utility rates and reliable service • Central location to north-south and east-west markets • Rural/urban environment • Affordable land • Proximity to Chicago, Milwaukee, & Madison amenities • Positive labor/management relations • Quality of life • Educational assets • History

Growth Dimensions for Belvidere-Boone County

200 South State Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008 Phone: 815.547.4252 Fax: 866.353.2772 www.growthdimensions.org e-mail: [email protected]

Rockford Area Economic Development Council

100 Park Avenue, Suite 100, Rockford, Illinois 61101 Phone: 815.987.8118 Fax: 815.987.8129 Growth Dimensions for Belvidere-Boone County Legal Disclaimer www.rockfordil.com e-mail: [email protected] Rockford Area Economic Development Council Information contained herein has been compiled to the best of our knowledge. Any inaccuracies can be reported to [email protected]. Location Population Characteristics Access to Markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS Profile 2008 unless otherwise noted, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Source: RAEDC The Rockford Region sits Illinois Department of Employment Security. NOTE: Data are limited to the household popula- ockford is an inland port because of the tion and exclude the population living in institutional group quarters (i.e. college dormitories). interconnectivity of our rail, air, and road contiguous to the Chicago Air Service R Metropolitan Area in systems. This hub connects major highways, an Northern Illinois and Population Trends 2009 2000 1990 Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) abundance of rail lines, and the 18th largest air cargo includes Boone and Rockford MSA 353,722 320,204 286,719 - Driving distance from I-39/90 Interchange: 65 miles airport in the United States creating an efficient Winnebago Counties. City of Rockford 157,280 150,115 139,426 - Second busiest airport in the world system for land transportation. All these assets exist Rockford is 65 miles northwest with in the confines of Foreign Trade Zone #176. - Approximately 2,500 flights per day of Chicago’s O’Hare International Winnebago County 299,280 278,418 252,913 Airport, 90 miles east of the Boone County 54,020 41,786 30,806 - 60+ foreign destinations Intermodal service is available in Rochelle, 25 miles to Mississippi River and adjacent to the Wisconsin state line. Its our south along I-39, and at over 20 other locations location allows for easy access to regional, national, and international Gender # % Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) within the Greater Chicago Area. Transload services markets. All information, unless otherwise noted, is for the Rockford Male...... 173,248...... 49.5 available include: steel, lumber, auto, dry bulk, paper, Metropolitan Statistical - Driving distance from I-39/90 Interchange: 90 miles and other goods. Four Class I and one short-line Area (MSA). Female...... 176,848...... 50.5 - Approximately 600 flights per day railroad provide daily service. - 90 domestic and international cities served Age Structure # % The Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) was We are globally 0-14 years...... 97,677...... 27.9 expanded in 1994 to be home to a key component connected with nine Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) Rockford Region 15-19 years...... 24,157...... 6.9 in the global UPS network: the third largest air hub - Driving distance from I-39/90 Interchange: 88 miles sorting facility in the UPS global system. The Rockford sister cities. These 20-24 years...... 22,756...... 6.5 relationships enhance our - Approximately 300 flights per day facility serves over 200 countries and territories and 25-34 years...... 49,013...... 14.0 business and cultural connections - 30th busiest airport in US sorts an average 130,000 - 170,000 packages nightly. worldwide. 35-54 years...... 99,427...... 28.4 With earlier delivery and later drop-off times, Rockford 55-64 years...... 37,810...... 10.8 Area companies enjoy the ability to have two shift Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) next-day delivery service. 65 years and over...... 43,412...... 12.4 - Driving distance from I-39/90 Interchange: 11 miles - 7 commercial, 24 air cargo destinations Parcel distribution services in the area include UPS Mean Elevation (above sea level)...... 715 feet Population and Employment Growth 1990-2000 Air Hub, Landstar Inway, DHL/Airborne Express, BAX - 19th largest air cargo airport in the U.S. Latitude...... N 420 16’ 07” Population Change (thousands)...... +41.5 Global, and FedEx. - UPS, BAX Global regional air hubs Longitude...... W 890 05’ 48” Employment Change (thousands)...... +24.5 - 10,000 and 8,200 feet of Hard Surface Runway The interstate network of I-39 and the surrounding Population Growth Rate (annual)...... +1.26% - Narrow and Wide Body Capable region is extensive and Employment Growth Rate (annual)...... +1.45% interconnected. I-39 has - Category III Instrument Landing System a distinct advantage of - Non-Directional Beacon being the only interstate

Targeted Industries - Centerline and Touchdown Zone Lighting connecting the - Foreign Trade Zone Benefits (FTZ #176) northern cluster of • Aerospace Production interstates with the • Alternative Energy Income Characteristics - 24/7 customs, federal inspections central cluster in Illinois • Chemical Manufacturing - CES (Container Examination Station) while avoiding all of Source: US Census Bureau 2007/8 ACS Profile; Bureau of Economic Analysis; IDES • Customer Service Centers - Multiple FBO’s - full spectrum of aviation services Chicago’s congestion. • Food Processing • Healthcare 2007 Median Family Income ...... $63,600 - Public Warehousing • Industrial Machine Manufacturing 2007 Mean Household Income ...... $56,978 - 3,000+ acres of airport land for development • Logistics - 200+ airside acres • Metals Manufacturing 2008 Per Capita Personal Income ...... $31,865 • On & Off Road Vehicle - 2000+ acres for industrial, commercial projects Transit Time from Rockford Region • Professional Business Services Highway Days by Days by Hours by • Rail-Related Manufacturing City Miles Rail Truck Truck Health Care Motor Freight Services Atlanta 761 5 2 12.5 Number of Carriers...... 40 Chicago 90 1 <1/2 1.5 Climate Source: RAEDC Number of Terminals...... 37 Cleveland 422 4 1 6.5 Source: The Weather Channel Rockford Area residents enjoy the highest quality in medical care Dallas 830 3 3 14.5 from three health systems in the Region. Denver 909 4 3 14 0 0 Average Winter Temp...... 22.1 F...... -5.46 C Detroit 373 4 <1 6 0 0 Rail Service Average Summer Temp...... 71.02 F...... 21.68 C Hospital Number of Beds Kansas City 412 2 <1 7 Rail carriers serving area: BNSF, UP, CN, CP Average Annual Rainfall...... 36.28 in...... 92.15 cm Rockford Health System...... 396 Los Angeles 1,967 6 4 28.5 Shortline rail serving area: Illinois Railway, IC&E Average Annual Snowfall...... 35.20 in...... 89.41 cm SwedishAmerican Health System ...... 357 Milwaukee 90 1 <1/2 1.5 - Frequency of switching service...... Continuous Ave. Annual Days Below Freezing...... 144 OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center ...... 254 Minneapolis 353 3 <1 5 - Intermodal service available?...... Yes New Orleans 999 5 3 14.5 Heating Degree Days...... 3,186 - Transload service available?...... Yes New York 889 5 3 13.5 Cooling Degree Days...... 714 Number of Physicians (M.D.)...... 802 Number of Dentists (D.D.S.)...... 170 - Nearest service...... 25 Miles St. Louis 297 2 <1 4.5

Greater Rockford Region, Illinois - USA 1 6 Greater Rockford Region, Illinois - USA Labor Market Characteristics Major Regional Employers Telecommunications

Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security, July, 2010; US Bureau of Labor Statistics Source: RAEDC Source: RAEDC. Note: Independent telephone exchanges exist in Leaf River and the Bergen and Sharon areas of northern Boone County.

Rockford MSA Labor Force Summary Firm Name Employment Rockford Public Schools...... 3,730 Intra-LATA (Local) Carriers Labor Force...... 177,593 Product/Service...... Education Total Employment...... 149,698 Rockford Health System...... 3,003 AT&T service territory within MSA: Rockford, Loves Park, Product/Service...... Healthcare Machesney Park, South Beloit SwedishAmerican Health System...... 2,988 Product/Service...... Healthcare One Communications service territory within MSA: Rockford, Unemployed Wal-Mart Stores...... 2,750 Loves Park, Machesney Park Rockford MSA #...... 27,895 Product/Service...... Retail McLeod USA service territory within MSA: Rockford, Loves Rockford MSA %...... 15.7% OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center...... 2,303 Education Product/Service...... Health care Park, Machesney Park, Belvidere and surrounding areas Illinois...... 10.6% Hamilton Sundstrand...... 2,175 TDS Metrocom service territory within MSA: Rockford, Loves Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS Profile 2007/8, RAEDC Product/Service...... Aircraft Components U.S...... 9.7% Park, Machesney Park, Belvidere and surrounding areas Winnebago County...... 1,731 Metro Area Attainment # % Product/Service...... Government Verizon service territory within MSA: Boone, Ogle and Chrysler LLC...... 1,700 Persons 25 years and older 227,428 100.0 Winnebago Counties (except Rockford, Loves Park, Machesney Employment by Industry Product/Service...... Automotive - Less than 9th grade...... 13,095...... 5.8 Park, South Beloit, Leaf River) Total Non-Agricultural Wage & Salary Workers...... 144,600 UPS...... 1,600 - 9th to 12th grade, no diploma...... 25,624...... 11.3 Product/Service ...... Parcel Sorting Hub Services...... 46,800 - High school graduate/GED...... 79,362...... 34.9 Woodward...... 1,325 Manufacturing...... 26,600 Inter-LATA (Long Distance) Carriers - Some college, no degree...... 45,177...... 19.9 Product/Service...... Governors & Auxiliary Equipment City of Rockford...... 1,122 AT&T, McLeod USA, One Communications, Sprint, MCI, Qwest - Associate degree...... 19,128...... 8.4 Government...... 17,500 Product/Service...... Government - Bachelor’s degree...... 29,190...... 12.8 Retail Trade...... 15,100 Harlem Consolidated Schools...... 1,099 - Graduate/professional degree...... 15,852...... 7.0 Transportation, Trade, Utilities...... 12,800 Product/Service...... Education Kroger Company...... 1,067 Broadband Suppliers and Services Leisure & Hospitality...... 12,500 Product/Service...... Food Stores AT&T, McLeod USA, One Communications, TDS Metrocom, Metro K - 12 Enrollment . # % Finance, Insurance, Real Estate...... 5,900 Belvidere CUSD 100...... 967 Comcast Total Enrollment...... 66,639...... 100.0 Construction & Mining...... 5,500 Product/Service...... Education - Redundant Networks of Fiber Optic Rings NCO Group...... 904 - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Total Public...... 58,109...... 87.2 Information...... 1,900 Product/Service...... Telemarketing - Digital Subscriber Line Service ( DSL) Total Private...... 8,529...... 12.8 Honeywell...... 885 - OC3 - OC48 Fiber Cables Product/Service...... Telemarketing - Virtual Private Networks (VPN) Institutions of Higher Learning within Commuting Distance Average Mean Wages by Job Classification Anderson Packaging, Inc...... 883 - Virtual Internet Service (VIS) Product/Service...... Pharmaceutical Packaging - T1 Lines 4-year Enrollment Management...... $78,783 Carpenter Contractors of America...... 800 - Digital/Cable Modems Beloit College (Beloit, WI)...... 1,326 Business and Finance...... $49,376 Product/Service...... Framing Contractors, Truss, Millwork Lowe’s Companies, Inc...... 787 Blackhawk Technical College (Janesville, WI)...... 2,283 Computer and Mathematical Science...... $55,582 Product/Service...... Distribution Center Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (Rockford, IL)...... 16 Architecture and Engineering...... $63,986 General Mills...... 750 Judson University (Rockford, IL)...... 380 Life, Physical, and Social Science...... $58,032 Product/Service...... Food Processing Judson University (Elgin, IL)...... 770 Community and Social Services...... $38,257 Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL)...... 24,397 Legal...... $87,912 Northern Illinois University (Rockford, IL)...... 1,550 Educational, Training and Library Services...... $52,621 Rockford College (Rockford, IL)...... 1,566 Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media...... $32,923 he Rockford Region is a community that St. Anthony College of Nursing (Rockford, IL)...... 182 Tunderstands shift work and values companies needing Upper Iowa University (Rockford, IL)...... 75 Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations...... $54,996 employees requiring industrial skills. A recent study found University of Wisconsin (Whitewater, WI)...... 10,705 Food Preparation...... $17,656 the Rockford Area laborshed consists of a population of over 807,000 individuals, and the workforce has over 435,000 Maintenance...... $36,532 people. Approximately 65,500 people are underemployed Community Sales...... $22,535 in this market. The breakdown of this underemployed Highland Community College (Freeport, IL)...... 2,331 Office and Administrative Support...... $29,566 workforce is 16,800 unemployed, 46,200 employed but interested in changing employers, and 2,500 not currently Kishwaukee College (Malta, IL)...... 7,140 Construction...... $50,903 in the workforce but considering re-entering. Rock Valley College (Rockford, IL)...... 7,923 Production...... $34,764 42,600 individuals commute out of the MSA daily. Their Transportation and Material Moving...... $26,921 average drive time is 46 minutes, nearly twice the national Other average. The most common location these individuals are Rockford Career College (Rockford, IL)...... 560 commuting to is Cook County. The largest group commuting Rasmussen College (Rockford, IL)...... 321 is manufacturing employees. University of Illinois - College of Medicine (Rockford, IL)...... 150

Greater Rockford Region, Illinois - USA 5 2 Greater Rockford Region, Illinois - USA Retail Trade Industrial Services Quality of Life Cost of Living Index

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue, 2008 Source: Dun and Bradstreet, RAEDC Source: RAEDC, C.H. Johnson Consulting, Incorporated, Dun and Bradstreet, Melissa DATA, Source: ACCRA/C2ER (2nd Quarter, 2010). Using data provided by researchers at C2ER, Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau key expenses in dozens of major cities are compared. Costs include housing, utilities, transportation and health care. The Rockford Region has a robust industrial supply-chain and is a top Total Retail Sales...... $5,519,627,600 logistics distribution center. Exercise, Sports, Recreation New York, NY...... 209.7 Number of Retail Establishments...... 528 Public Parks...... 185 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV...... 139.7 Machine shops...... 130 Parkland acres...... >7,000 San Diego, CA...... 131.6 Retail Sales Tax Tool & die shops...... 46 Public Swimming Pools...... 6 Boston, MA...... 131.1 State...... 5% General waste disposal services...... 13 Health Clubs...... 9 Chicago, IL...... 116.8 County...... 0.5 to 1.0% Public Golf Courses...... 21 Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN...... 110.2 Municipal...... 1.0% Landfills Country Clubs...... 6 Denver, CO...... 103.4 Winnebago Reclamation Services, Veolia ES Orchard Hills Landfill, Indoor Ice Arenas...... 2 Joliet-Will County, IL...... 103.0 Rochelle Sanitary Landfill, Area Disposal Service Inc. Indoor Sports Centers...... 1 Phoenix, AZ...... 99.6 Utilities Water Parks...... 2 Peoria, IL...... 97.6 Regional Professional Sports: Rockford IceHogs AHL hockey team, Champaign-Urbana, IL...... 95.9 Source: RAEDC Rockford Raptors, Rockford Riverhawks, Rockford Speedway Quad Cities...... 95.3 Transportation Green Bay, WI...... 94.8 Electric Characteristics Culture and Arts Galesburg, IL...... 94.8 ComEd (Investor-owned). Public Libraries...... 10 Rockford, IL...... 93.4 Service Territory within MSA: Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2007, RAEDC Boone, Ogle, and Winnebago Museums...... 10 Columbus, OH...... 92.8 (except northern) Counties. Tax: Art Galleries...... 12 Des Moines, IA...... 91.2 State=5%, Franchise Fee=0-5%, Major Routes Serving Area Symphony Orchestra...... 1 Municipal=0-5%. Community Theatres...... 7 Rock Energy (Co-Op). Service Interstates: I-90, I-88, I-39, I-43 Territory within MSA: northern Federal Highways: US Route 20, US portion of Winnebago and Boone Route 51/251 Places of Worship Counties. State Highways: IL 2, 26, 38, 64, 70, Protestant Churches...... 269 72, 75, 76, 173 Catholic Churches...... 22 Natural Gas Jewish Synagogues...... 2 NiCor Gas (Investor-owned). MSA Buddhist Temples...... 3 Service Territory: Boone and Win- Public Transportation nebago Counties (except City of Baha’i Centers...... 1 South Beloit, Village of Rockton). Rockford Mass Transit District (RMTD) Non-Denominational Churches...... 20 Tax: State=5%. Unitarian Universalist Church...... 1 Rock Energy (Co-Op). Service Ter- - 15 routes, 37 vehicles Korean Churches...... 3 ritory within MSA: City of South Beloit, - Hourly stops 5:00 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. Village of Rockton. Mosques...... 1

Shuttle Services Other Resources - Coach USA/Van Galder Bus Company Incentives Motels/Hotels...... 32 - Daily service to and from O’Hare Source: RAEDC includes 31 trips from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m. - Number of rooms...... 3,248 State-designated Enterprise Zones: - Daily service to Downtown Chicago and Restaurants:...... 576 Rockford, Belvidere/Boone County, and Union Station - Capacity of largest banquet room ...... 1,200 Rockton/South Beloit. Civic Center/auditorium ...... Rockford MetroCentre Tax Increment Financing Districts: Rockford, Belvidere, Machesney Park, - Seating capacity ...... 10,000 and South Beloit. Means of Transportation % Number of Financial Institutions...... 81 Industrial Development Revenue Private vehicle...... 94.0 Radio stations ...... 17 Bond and Revolving Loan Fund Public transportation...... 0.5 programs available. TV stations ...... 15 Walked...... 1.6 Immigration Through Investment Daily Newspapers ...... 3 Other means...... 0.9 A new incentive program where foreign Weekly Newspapers ...... 8 companies investing in the Region can Work at home...... 2.9 Fire Insurance Rating receive EB-5 Visas. Mean travel time to work...... 22.2 minutes - City of Belvidere, Boone County ...... 4 - City of Rockford, Winnebago County ...... 2

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