Rock Point vs Rough Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Rock Point and Rough Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Rock Point and Rough Rock are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rough Rock has the higher population (452 vs 405 in Rock Point). Rock Point has the higher median household income ($40,000 vs $36,750 in Rough Rock). Rough Rock has the higher median home value ($54,200 vs $19,300 in Rock Point).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Point	Rough Rock
Population	405	452
Median age	35.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	$36,750
Median home value	$19,300	$54,200
Median gross rent	$479	$595
Housing units	155	243
Homeownership rate	67.4%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Point	Rough Rock
Population	593 → 405 (-31.7%)	428 → 452 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$23,281 → $40,000 (+71.8%)	$28,750 → $36,750 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$26,700 → $19,300 (-27.7%)	$71,300 → $54,200 (-24.0%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $479 (-13.7%)	$461 → $595 (+29.1%)

Rock Point

Population

593405

Median household income

$23,281$40,000

Median home value

$26,700$19,300

Median gross rent

$555$479

Rough Rock

Population

428452

Median household income

$28,750$36,750

Median home value

$71,300$54,200

Median gross rent

$461$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Point	Rough Rock
Under 5	5.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	24.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	19.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.8%
75 and over	4.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Point	Rough Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	98.3%	99.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Point	Rough Rock
No high school diploma	17.5%	20.6%
High school graduate	32.5%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Point	Rough Rock
Drove alone	52.7%	91.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Point	Rough Rock
1-unit, detached	71.0%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.2%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Rock Point	Rough Rock
Poverty rate	40.7%	25.2%
Average household size	2.93	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1981	1987