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Rockwood, TN

5,566 Population
8 square miles 694.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±10.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,251 ±$9,563 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $40,856 ±$513
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,791 ±$8,613 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $72,422 ±$976
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.1% ±5.1% (1,207  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 12.2% 111,503 (±0.4% / ±3,778)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.1 minutes ±7.2 (48,815  ±9,736) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 24.4 9,368,390 (±0.2 / ±133,950)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,441 ±282 Number of households
  • the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 378,234 ±1,532
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (5,404  ±81) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 2.4 912,638 (±0 / ±274)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.3% (14  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 4.6% 9,784 (±0.4% / ±781)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,779 ±309 Number of housing units
  • the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 418,905 ±182
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$128,700 ±$22,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $290,200 ±$3,868
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.3% ±7.9% (786  ±435.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 11.9% 109,526 (±0.5% / ±4,375.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.1% ±10.8% (3,518  ±496.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 90.9% 592,375 (±0.9% / ±5,697.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.8% ±4.5% (361  ±185.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 32.7% 213,237 (±0.5% / ±3,527.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.1% ±0.2% (6  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 4.8% 45,026
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±3.1% (219  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 7.5% 55,337 (±0.2% / ±1,791)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
219 Total veterans ±139 219 Male ±139 N/A Female ±20

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