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Loves Park
- BOverall Grade
- Suburb of Rockford, IL
- 61 reviews
- Public SchoolsB-
- Crime & SafetyC+
- HousingB-
- NightlifeA-
- Good for FamiliesB
- DiversityB+
- JobsB-
- WeatherC+
- Cost of LivingB+
- Health & FitnessB
- Outdoor ActivitiesA-
- CommuteB
Real Estate
Median Home Value
$112,400
National
$184,700Median Rent
$840
National
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Loves Park Rankings
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Crime & Safety
Crime & Safety
C+
Based on violent and property crime rates.
Residents
Working in Loves Park
Jobs
B-
Based on employment rates, job and business growth, and cost of living.
Median Household Income
$53,106
National
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Loves Park Reviews
61 reviews
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Being that I have lived he almost all of my life (I'm in college now), I feel safe, but being close to Rockford can sometimes make me feel unsafe. No matter where you are in the city, you could potentially hear sirens. In recent years, many places around the area have acquired slot machines.
I have lived in machesney park/loves park city since I was born. The area as a child was not thought of to be dangerous. My brother and I were able to walk to school without worrying our father. Today as a young adult I have days that I worry about my safety due to all the shootings in the neighboring city of rockford. The crime rate has increased in rockford and it is starting to spread to the surrounding cities of loves park and machesney park. I have heard from different media sources and the new that the city of rockford is on the list of most dangerous cities in the united states. I see the crime rate increasing in the city and soon there will be daily shootings, just as rockford now. I feel like the unemployment and justice system are major effectors with the increased crime rate. As for teenagers and the quality of the schools, I feel that the schools are staying the same or increasing quality slowly, but today's teenagers are being greatly impacted by social media and their peers.. Cyberbullying is at an all time high and the inspirations of celebrities and the famous has given our youth an image of an uneducated, drugged up, want to be gangster. This is what all the youth try to be in order to gain acceptance from their peers.
Compared to Rockford, which neighbors us to the south, the schools are better, crime is better, taxes are better. This does not say much as Rockford is known for being crime ridden, having high taxes, poor quality roads, no jobs, a local government that is ill respected, terrible graduation rates. So, our town is better than the worst but not what I want for my children. The problem is, with a crumbling real estate market since we purchased, we cannot afford to get farther away. We are stuck and now my children are having to pay for our mistake of moving here.