
Indiana · Census place 65520
Rockville, IN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Rockville, Indiana (Rockville, IN — Census place “Rockville town”) is 2,551 residents, ranking #198 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $48,125, the median home is worth $97,800 and median gross rent runs $657 a month. Looking for the Rockville Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rockville, IN: 47872.
- Population
- 2,551Rockville town residents
- Median household income
- $48,125Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $97,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $657Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 50.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.4%Owner-occupied households
Rockville ZIP codes (Indiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rockville.
The Rockville IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Rockville town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Rockville town median would spend about 16.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 26.6% of residents and 72.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Rockville town, IN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Rockville town is a small town in Indiana, with 2,551 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #198 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 50.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Rockville town earn a median of $48,125 a year, 38.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 26.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Rockville town is valued at $97,800, 67.8% below the national figure and 33% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $657 a month, 53.3% below the national figure, or roughly $7,884 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 72.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
A median age of 50.8 puts Rockville town well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Indiana.
- Wakarusa town 2,519
- Lapel town 2,568
- Ingalls town 2,453
- Rising Sun city 2,570
- Winamac town 2,445
- Fairmount town 2,575
- Bloomfield town 2,440
- Osceola town 2,583
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Rockville town?
- Rockville town has 2,551 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #198 of 976 in Indiana.
- What is the median household income in Rockville town?
- Median household income in Rockville town is $48,125 a year, 38.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rockville town?
- Median gross rent is $657 a month and the median home value is $97,800, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.
- Is Rockville town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rockville town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Rockville town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.