Longwood Garden Apartments
1055 E State St,
Rockford, IL 61104
$718 - $850
1-2 Beds
Midtown Rockford
Rockford, IL
Midtown Rockford - Rockford, IL Area Guide
Discover the artistic side of Rockford
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With street lamps lining the streets and historic buildings throughout the neighborhood, Midtown Rockford welcomes newcomers with low rental rates and a renewed sense of community. Sitting just southeast of Downtown Rockford across the Rock River, Midtown offers artists' lofts, elegant Victorian homes, and rehabbed multi-use buildings to urban pioneers who want to join this trendy, fast-growing neighborhood.
Take to the streets of Midtown to sample cuisine of the neighborhood, with Spanish, Irish, Italian, and Swedish specialties awaiting you. Neighbors show up every year to support the Midtown Ethnic Parade and Festival, which features a beer garden, international food booths, and genealogy advisors. The regular Art Scene invites local artists to create pop-up art for the whole neighborhood to enjoy.
Getting Around
Explore how walkable, bikeable, drivable, and transit-friendly Midtown Rockford - Rockford, IL is for everyday living.
Moderately Walkable
Walkability
60
/ 100
Limited Public Transit
Transit
30
/ 100
Moderately Drivable
Drivability
70
/ 100
Fairly Bikeable
Bikeability
40
/ 100
Daily Essentials
Midtown Rockford - Rockford, IL offers all daily essentials, but they’re limited to a few main areas.
Supermarket Within a 10 Minute Walk
Groceries
80
/ 100
Fair Restaurant Variety Nearby
Restaurants
50
/ 100
Fair Café Variety Nearby
Cafes
40
/ 100
Fair Variety of Shops Nearby
Shopping
40
/ 100
Local Vibe
Get a sense of what it’s like to live in Midtown Rockford - Rockford, IL from everyday activity to noise and nightlife.
Mostly Calm Atmosphere
Vibrancy
30
/ 100
Limited Nightlife Variety Nearby
Nightlife
30
/ 100
Not Noisy
Quiet Score
100
/ 100
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Points of Interest
Shopping Centers
Parks and Recreation
- Tinker Swiss Cottage & Gardens
- Discovery Center Museum
- Burpee Museum of Natural History
- Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens
- Carl & Lois Klehm Preserve
Commuter Rail
Airports
- Chicago/Rockford International
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† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.
Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.
Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in February 2026.
Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.