Rockville vs Simsbury Center

A side-by-side comparison of Rockville and Simsbury Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Rockville and Simsbury Center 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 6,326 in Simsbury Center). Simsbury Center has the higher median household income ($141,688 vs $51,607 in Rockville). Simsbury Center has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $192,500 in Rockville).

Population, income & housing

	Rockville	Simsbury Center
Population	6,657	6,326
Median age	37.6 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,607	$141,688
Median home value	$192,500	$372,400
Median gross rent	$1,137	$2,177
Housing units	3,491	2,715
Homeownership rate	27.0%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	68.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockville	Simsbury Center
Population	7,115 → 6,657 (-6.4%)	6,154 → 6,326 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$40,929 → $51,607 (+26.1%)	$114,231 → $141,688 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$162,900 → $192,500 (+18.2%)	$301,900 → $372,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,137 (+23.5%)	$1,496 → $2,177 (+45.5%)

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

Simsbury Center

Population

6,1546,326

Median household income

$114,231$141,688

Median home value

$301,900$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,496$2,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockville	Simsbury Center
Under 5	4.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	18.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.8%
75 and over	7.1%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockville	Simsbury Center
White (non-Hispanic)	61.3%	83.5%
Black or African American	7.1%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockville	Simsbury Center
No high school diploma	15.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockville	Simsbury Center
Drove alone	79.9%	57.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.8%
Public transit	4.7%	3.2%
Walked	0.9%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	28.6%
Other means	1.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockville	Simsbury Center
1-unit, detached	24.7%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	43.9%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	16.3%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockville	Simsbury Center
Poverty rate	23.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1938	1971