Roanoke vs Rock Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Roanoke and Rock Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roanoke has the higher population (5,332 vs 437 in Rock Mills). Roanoke has the higher median household income ($48,083 vs $19,583 in Rock Mills). Roanoke has the higher median home value ($129,100 vs $73,800 in Rock Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Roanoke	Rock Mills
Population	5,332	437
Median age	43.4 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,083	$19,583
Median home value	$129,100	$73,800
Median gross rent	$589	—
Housing units	2,691	263
Homeownership rate	68.5%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roanoke	Rock Mills
Population	5,926 → 5,332 (-10.0%)	493 → 437 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$42,069 → $48,083 (+14.3%)	$30,083 → $19,583 (-34.9%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $129,100 (+50.3%)	$59,000 → $73,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $589 (-2.2%)	—

Roanoke

Population

5,9265,332

Median household income

$42,069$48,083

Median home value

$85,900$129,100

Median gross rent

$602$589

Rock Mills

Population

493437

Median household income

$30,083$19,583

Median home value

$59,000$73,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roanoke	Rock Mills
Under 5	4.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	20.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.6%
75 and over	10.7%	17.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roanoke	Rock Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	93.8%
Black or African American	42.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roanoke	Rock Mills
No high school diploma	14.9%	23.7%
High school graduate	39.4%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roanoke	Rock Mills
Drove alone	81.7%	93.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roanoke	Rock Mills
1-unit, detached	71.0%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Roanoke	Rock Mills
Poverty rate	16.3%	24.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1977	1979