What is the population of Rockwood city?

Rockwood city has 5,510 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #108 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Rockwood city?

Median household income in Rockwood city is $37,867 a year, 51.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $725 a month and the median home value is $132,100, so rent absorbs about 23% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rockwood city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rockwood, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rockwood, Tennessee (Rockwood, TN — Census place “Rockwood city”) is 5,510 residents, ranking #108 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $37,867, the median home is worth $132,100 and median gross rent runs $725 a month. Looking for the Rockwood Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rockwood, TN: 37854.

Population: 5,510Rockwood city residents
Median household income: $37,867Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $132,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $725Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.8%Owner-occupied households

Rockwood ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rockwood.

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

37854

What the numbers mean in Rockwood city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rockwood city median would spend about 23% 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 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.7% of residents and 55.8% of households own their home.

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

Rockwood city, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rockwood city is a mid-size town in Tennessee, with 5,510 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #108 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 41.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Rockwood city earn a median of $37,867 a year, 51.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee 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 18.7% 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 Rockwood city is valued at $132,100, 56.5% below the national figure and 31% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $725 a month, 48.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,700 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23% 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 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 55.8% 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

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What is the population of Rockwood city?: Rockwood city has 5,510 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #108 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Rockwood city?: Median household income in Rockwood city is $37,867 a year, 51.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rockwood city?: Median gross rent is $725 a month and the median home value is $132,100, so rent absorbs about 23% of median household income.
Is Rockwood city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rockwood city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rockwood 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.