Rockville vs Sherwood Manor

A side-by-side comparison of Rockville and Sherwood Manor: population, income, housing, and more.

Rockville and Sherwood Manor are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockville has the higher population (6,657 vs 5,781 in Sherwood Manor). Sherwood Manor has the higher median household income ($96,274 vs $51,607 in Rockville). Sherwood Manor has the higher median home value ($241,100 vs $192,500 in Rockville).

Population, income & housing

	Rockville	Sherwood Manor
Population	6,657	5,781
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,607	$96,274
Median home value	$192,500	$241,100
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,656
Housing units	3,491	2,324
Homeownership rate	27.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockville	Sherwood Manor
Population	7,115 → 6,657 (-6.4%)	5,513 → 5,781 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$40,929 → $51,607 (+26.1%)	$85,971 → $96,274 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$162,900 → $192,500 (+18.2%)	$194,800 → $241,100 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,137 (+23.5%)	$1,367 → $1,656 (+21.1%)

Rockville

Population

7,1156,657

Median household income

$40,929$51,607

Median home value

$162,900$192,500

Median gross rent

$921$1,137

Sherwood Manor

Population

5,5135,781

Median household income

$85,971$96,274

Median home value

$194,800$241,100

Median gross rent

$1,367$1,656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockville	Sherwood Manor
Under 5	4.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	18.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.3%
75 and over	7.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockville	Sherwood Manor
White (non-Hispanic)	61.3%	77.6%
Black or African American	7.1%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockville	Sherwood Manor
No high school diploma	15.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	39.5%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockville	Sherwood Manor
Drove alone	79.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.1%
Public transit	4.7%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	12.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockville	Sherwood Manor
1-unit, detached	24.7%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	43.9%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	16.3%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Rockville	Sherwood Manor
Poverty rate	23.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1938	1967