Howard vs Rockvale

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

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

Howard has the higher population (1,159 vs 743 in Rockvale). Howard has the higher median household income ($57,664 vs $48,125 in Rockvale). Howard has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $189,100 in Rockvale).

Population, income & housing

	Howard	Rockvale
Population	1,159	743
Median age	46.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,664	$48,125
Median home value	$386,500	$189,100
Median gross rent	$488	$1,066
Housing units	688	311
Homeownership rate	79.5%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard	Rockvale
Population	906 → 1,159 (+27.9%)	499 → 743 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$77,981 → $57,664 (-26.1%)	$51,000 → $48,125 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$286,400 → $386,500 (+35.0%)	$135,900 → $189,100 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $488 (-54.3%)	$906 → $1,066 (+17.7%)

Howard

Population

9061,159

Median household income

$77,981$57,664

Median home value

$286,400$386,500

Median gross rent

$1,069$488

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)

	Howard	Rockvale
Under 5	1.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	11.7%	28.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.5%
25 to 34	18.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	25.7%	8.5%
75 and over	7.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard	Rockvale
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	65.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard	Rockvale
No high school diploma	0.8%	16.1%
High school graduate	42.6%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard	Rockvale
Drove alone	79.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard	Rockvale
1-unit, detached	91.7%	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	8.3%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Howard	Rockvale
Poverty rate	4.9%	15.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1977	1976