Goodwater vs Rockford

A side-by-side comparison of Goodwater and Rockford: population, income, housing, and more.

Goodwater and Rockford are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Goodwater has the higher population (1,375 vs 776 in Rockford). Rockford has the higher median household income ($54,000 vs $36,938 in Goodwater). Rockford has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $81,900 in Goodwater).

Population, income & housing

	Goodwater	Rockford
Population	1,375	776
Median age	50.2 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,938	$54,000
Median home value	$81,900	$95,000
Median gross rent	$607	$525
Housing units	814	314
Homeownership rate	58.3%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodwater	Rockford
Population	1,261 → 1,375 (+9.0%)	838 → 776 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $36,938 (+47.8%)	$25,625 → $54,000 (+110.7%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $81,900 (+11.7%)	$85,800 → $95,000 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$387 → $607 (+56.8%)	$417 → $525 (+25.9%)

Goodwater

Population

1,2611,375

Median household income

$25,000$36,938

Median home value

$73,300$81,900

Median gross rent

$387$607

Rockford

Population

838776

Median household income

$25,625$54,000

Median home value

$85,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$417$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodwater	Rockford
Under 5	13.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	4.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	23.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	2.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	16.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	19.6%
65 to 74	16.4%	4.6%
75 and over	13.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodwater	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	64.0%
Black or African American	84.4%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodwater	Rockford
No high school diploma	28.1%	13.6%
High school graduate	47.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodwater	Rockford
Drove alone	92.2%	89.4%
Carpooled	1.1%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodwater	Rockford
1-unit, detached	61.2%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Goodwater	Rockford
Poverty rate	39.6%	17.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1974	1983