Population

  • Rochelle: 9,574
  • Ogle County: 50,511

Transportation

Motor Carrier

Served by I-39 & I-88 which are within the City limits Served by State Highways IL 251 & IL 38

31 Interstate Motor Carriers, 21 local cartage services 61 motor freight terminals, 5 local freight terminals Package delivery service.

Rail

Served by 3 railroads: Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Union Pacific, & City Owned Railroad.

Direct access to both the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks from the Industrial Park, thus eliminating switch-over charges.

50 miles to nearest railway piggyback service

Air

4,226 ft. hard surfaced, lighted runway. Private aircraft storage rental available; charter service, flight instruction, aircraft rental and maintenance available.

Tax Structure

City of Rochelle$1.01861
County$0.63297
Schools$6.01088
Others$1.15898
Total$8.82384

Municipal Services

  • Council-Manager form of government
  • Municipal and county zoning regulations in effect
  • Fire Insurance Class 5
  • 21 full-time police officers
  • Privately contracted waste pick-up

Quality of Life

Recreation

  • 11 City parks, 1 Golf Course, 17 Restaurants
  • 3 Health Clubs
  • 9 Public Tennis Courts
  • 2 Public Swimming Pools

Cultural

  • 24 Churches: 1 Catholic, and 23 Protestant

Hospital

  • Rochelle Community Hospital

Education

  • Rochelle Elementary District #231 consists of four K-5 neighborhood Grade Schools and one 6-8 Middle School
  • Rochelle Township High School
  • Kishwaukee Community College: 13 Miles
  • Northern Illinois University: 17 Miles

Utilities

Advanced Communication Services

Supplied by City owned Rochelle Municipal Utilities

  • Dial-up, Wireless and Fiber Internet Service
  • Providing high speed broadband connections

Electric

Supplied by City owned Rochelle Municipal Utilities

Water

Supplied by City owned Rochelle Municipal Utilities

  • Water source is deep wells
  • Pumping capacity in excess of demand

Water Reclamation

Supplied by City owned Rochelle Municipal Utilities

  • Activated sludge, nitrification tertiary treatment plant
  • Plant operating significantly below capacity

Telephone

  • Rochelle Municipal Utilities: 815-562-4155
  • Verizon: 800-483-4600
  • Frontier: 1-855-668-5959

Natural Gas

  • Supplied by NICOR: 800-942-6100

Cable Television

  • Comcast: (800)Comcast (266-2278)