Mecca vs Rockville

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

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

Rockville has the higher population (2,551 vs 670 in Mecca). Rockville has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $42,917 in Mecca). Rockville has the higher median home value ($97,800 vs $57,000 in Mecca).

Population, income & housing

	Mecca	Rockville
Population	670	2,551
Median age	27.9 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,917	$48,125
Median home value	$57,000	$97,800
Median gross rent	$592	$657
Housing units	225	1,196
Homeownership rate	60.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mecca	Rockville
Population	365 → 670 (+83.6%)	2,533 → 2,551 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$42,625 → $42,917 (+0.7%)	$37,411 → $48,125 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $57,000 (+11.3%)	$82,600 → $97,800 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $592 (-6.0%)	$648 → $657 (+1.4%)

Mecca

Population

365670

Median household income

$42,625$42,917

Median home value

$51,200$57,000

Median gross rent

$630$592

Rockville

Population

2,5332,551

Median household income

$37,411$48,125

Median home value

$82,600$97,800

Median gross rent

$648$657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mecca	Rockville
Under 5	11.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	4.8%
45 to 54	7.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.3%
75 and over	6.6%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mecca	Rockville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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	1.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mecca	Rockville
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.8%
High school graduate	45.9%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mecca	Rockville
Drove alone	80.5%	85.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mecca	Rockville
1-unit, detached	75.1%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Mecca	Rockville
Poverty rate	19.9%	26.6%
Average household size	3.35	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1938	1962