Rock Mills vs Wedowee

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

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

Wedowee has the higher population (905 vs 437 in Rock Mills). Wedowee has the higher median household income ($41,635 vs $19,583 in Rock Mills). Wedowee has the higher median home value ($189,300 vs $73,800 in Rock Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Mills	Wedowee
Population	437	905
Median age	45.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$19,583	$41,635
Median home value	$73,800	$189,300
Median gross rent	—	$642
Housing units	263	481
Homeownership rate	76.0%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Mills	Wedowee
Population	493 → 437 (-11.4%)	820 → 905 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$30,083 → $19,583 (-34.9%)	$31,042 → $41,635 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $73,800 (+25.1%)	$120,000 → $189,300 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$444 → $642 (+44.6%)

Rock Mills

Population

493437

Median household income

$30,083$19,583

Median home value

$59,000$73,800

Wedowee

Population

820905

Median household income

$31,042$41,635

Median home value

$120,000$189,300

Median gross rent

$444$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Mills	Wedowee
Under 5	5.5%	8.5%
5 to 17	21.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	20.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.3%
75 and over	17.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Mills	Wedowee
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	64.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Mills	Wedowee
No high school diploma	23.7%	23.8%
High school graduate	21.8%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Mills	Wedowee
Drove alone	93.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Mills	Wedowee
1-unit, detached	53.6%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Rock Mills	Wedowee
Poverty rate	24.9%	17.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1979	1972