Rock Mills vs Wadley

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

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

Wadley has the higher population (837 vs 437 in Rock Mills). Wadley has the higher median household income ($47,788 vs $19,583 in Rock Mills). Wadley has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $73,800 in Rock Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Mills	Wadley
Population	437	837
Median age	45.9 yrs	20.5 yrs
Median household income	$19,583	$47,788
Median home value	$73,800	$191,100
Median gross rent	—	$460
Housing units	263	286
Homeownership rate	76.0%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Mills	Wadley
Population	493 → 437 (-11.4%)	829 → 837 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$30,083 → $19,583 (-34.9%)	$23,958 → $47,788 (+99.5%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $73,800 (+25.1%)	$91,100 → $191,100 (+109.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$388 → $460 (+18.6%)

Rock Mills

Population

493437

Median household income

$30,083$19,583

Median home value

$59,000$73,800

Wadley

Population

829837

Median household income

$23,958$47,788

Median home value

$91,100$191,100

Median gross rent

$388$460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Mills	Wadley
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	39.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	20.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	4.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	7.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	6.6%
75 and over	17.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Mills	Wadley
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	60.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Mills	Wadley
No high school diploma	23.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	21.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Mills	Wadley
Drove alone	93.0%	65.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Mills	Wadley
1-unit, detached	53.6%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Rock Mills	Wadley
Poverty rate	24.9%	25.0%
Average household size	2.01	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1979	1974