What is the population of Rockland city?

Rockland city has 6,991 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #22 of 155 in Maine.

What is the median household income in Rockland city?

Median household income in Rockland city is $55,276 a year, 29.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rockland city?

Median gross rent is $986 a month and the median home value is $234,400, so rent absorbs about 21.4% of median household income.

Is Rockland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rockland city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rockland, ME population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rockland, Maine (Rockland, ME — Census place “Rockland city”) is 6,991 residents, ranking #22 of 155 places in Maine. Median household income is $55,276, the median home is worth $234,400 and median gross rent runs $986 a month. Looking for the Rockland Maine ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rockland, ME: 04841.

Population: 6,991Rockland city residents
Median household income: $55,276Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $234,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $986Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.1%Owner-occupied households

Rockland ZIP codes (Maine)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rockland.

The Rockland ME ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

04841

What the numbers mean in Rockland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rockland city median would spend about 21.4% 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 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.1% of residents and 63.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Rockland city, ME in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rockland city is a mid-size town in Maine, with 6,991 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #22 of 155 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 45.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Rockland city earn a median of $55,276 a year, 29.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $58,992 median for the 106 Maine cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 9.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rockland city is valued at $234,400, 22.7% below the national figure and 6% above the $221,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $986 a month, 29.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,832 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 63.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Rockland city?: Rockland city has 6,991 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #22 of 155 in Maine.
What is the median household income in Rockland city?: Median household income in Rockland city is $55,276 a year, 29.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rockland city?: Median gross rent is $986 a month and the median home value is $234,400, so rent absorbs about 21.4% of median household income.
Is Rockland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rockland city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rockland city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.