Rockville vs Southwood Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Rockville and Southwood Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southwood Acres has the higher population (8,154 vs 6,657 in Rockville). Southwood Acres has the higher median household income ($105,529 vs $51,607 in Rockville). Southwood Acres has the higher median home value ($247,400 vs $192,500 in Rockville).

Population, income & housing

	Rockville	Southwood Acres
Population	6,657	8,154
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,607	$105,529
Median home value	$192,500	$247,400
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,493
Housing units	3,491	3,470
Homeownership rate	27.0%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockville	Southwood Acres
Population	7,115 → 6,657 (-6.4%)	7,473 → 8,154 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$40,929 → $51,607 (+26.1%)	$91,851 → $105,529 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$162,900 → $192,500 (+18.2%)	$189,900 → $247,400 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,137 (+23.5%)	$1,538 → $1,493 (-2.9%)

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

Southwood Acres

Population

7,4738,154

Median household income

$91,851$105,529

Median home value

$189,900$247,400

Median gross rent

$1,538$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockville	Southwood Acres
Under 5	4.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	18.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.3%
75 and over	7.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockville	Southwood Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	61.3%	82.5%
Black or African American	7.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockville	Southwood Acres
No high school diploma	15.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	39.5%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockville	Southwood Acres
Drove alone	79.9%	72.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.8%
Public transit	4.7%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	16.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockville	Southwood Acres
1-unit, detached	24.7%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	43.9%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	16.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Rockville	Southwood Acres
Poverty rate	23.9%	5.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1938	1966