Rock Spring vs Rossville

A side-by-side comparison of Rock Spring and Rossville: population, income, housing, and more.

Rock Spring and Rossville are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rossville has the higher population (3,981 vs 1,310 in Rock Spring). Rock Spring has the higher median household income ($115,455 vs $47,791 in Rossville). Rock Spring has the higher median home value ($158,600 vs $114,300 in Rossville).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Spring	Rossville
Population	1,310	3,981
Median age	44.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$115,455	$47,791
Median home value	$158,600	$114,300
Median gross rent	$656	$958
Housing units	516	1,928
Homeownership rate	77.8%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Spring	Rossville
Population	800 → 1,310 (+63.7%)	4,006 → 3,981 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$61,607 → $115,455 (+87.4%)	$33,892 → $47,791 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$142,400 → $158,600 (+11.4%)	$86,700 → $114,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $656 (+20.4%)	$800 → $958 (+19.8%)

Rock Spring

Population

8001,310

Median household income

$61,607$115,455

Median home value

$142,400$158,600

Median gross rent

$545$656

Rossville

Population

4,0063,981

Median household income

$33,892$47,791

Median home value

$86,700$114,300

Median gross rent

$800$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Spring	Rossville
Under 5	1.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	21.8%
45 to 54	2.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	19.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	16.4%	7.7%
75 and over	7.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Spring	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	6.9%
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	2.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Spring	Rossville
No high school diploma	5.3%	20.1%
High school graduate	34.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Spring	Rossville
Drove alone	84.1%	65.8%
Carpooled	1.7%	28.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.1%
Other means	3.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Spring	Rossville
1-unit, detached	87.0%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	9.5%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Rock Spring	Rossville
Poverty rate	9.3%	20.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	47
Median year structure built	1985	1961