Brookside vs Rockvale

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and Rockvale: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookside and Rockvale are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockvale has the higher population (743 vs 263 in Brookside). Brookside has the higher median household income ($57,321 vs $48,125 in Rockvale). Brookside has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $189,100 in Rockvale).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Rockvale
Population	263	743
Median age	52.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,321	$48,125
Median home value	$287,500	$189,100
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,066
Housing units	126	311
Homeownership rate	83.8%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Rockvale
Population	216 → 263 (+21.8%)	499 → 743 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $57,321 (-16.6%)	$51,000 → $48,125 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$172,900 → $287,500 (+66.3%)	$135,900 → $189,100 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,300 (+39.8%)	$906 → $1,066 (+17.7%)

Brookside

Population

216263

Median household income

$68,750$57,321

Median home value

$172,900$287,500

Median gross rent

$930$1,300

Rockvale

Population

499743

Median household income

$51,000$48,125

Median home value

$135,900$189,100

Median gross rent

$906$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Rockvale
Under 5	1.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	28.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	19.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	8.5%
75 and over	5.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Rockvale
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Rockvale
No high school diploma	6.6%	16.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Rockvale
Drove alone	71.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	9.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Rockvale
1-unit, detached	93.7%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Rockvale
Poverty rate	12.5%	15.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1973	1976