Richland vs Rockport

A side-by-side comparison of Richland and Rockport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockport has the higher population (2,088 vs 548 in Richland). Richland has the higher median household income ($71,635 vs $43,333 in Rockport). Richland has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $105,000 in Rockport).

Population, income & housing

	Richland	Rockport
Population	548	2,088
Median age	32.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,635	$43,333
Median home value	$145,800	$105,000
Median gross rent	$930	$628
Housing units	237	1,139
Homeownership rate	88.3%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland	Rockport
Population	398 → 548 (+37.7%)	2,418 → 2,088 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $71,635 (+18.2%)	$41,357 → $43,333 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $145,800 (+59.5%)	$74,300 → $105,000 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $930 (+44.4%)	$706 → $628 (-11.0%)

Richland

Population

398548

Median household income

$60,625$71,635

Median home value

$91,400$145,800

Median gross rent

$644$930

Rockport

Population

2,4182,088

Median household income

$41,357$43,333

Median home value

$74,300$105,000

Median gross rent

$706$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richland	Rockport
Under 5	9.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	20.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	6.9%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.7%
75 and over	8.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland	Rockport
No high school diploma	6.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	43.0%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland	Rockport
Drove alone	98.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	1.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland	Rockport
1-unit, detached	93.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Richland	Rockport
Poverty rate	10.4%	17.0%
Average household size	2.57	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1972	1969