Rockport vs Santa Claus

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

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

Santa Claus has the higher population (2,822 vs 2,088 in Rockport). Santa Claus has the higher median household income ($101,875 vs $43,333 in Rockport). Santa Claus has the higher median home value ($247,400 vs $105,000 in Rockport).

Population, income & housing

	Rockport	Santa Claus
Population	2,088	2,822
Median age	44.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$101,875
Median home value	$105,000	$247,400
Median gross rent	$628	$1,275
Housing units	1,139	1,137
Homeownership rate	53.0%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockport	Santa Claus
Population	2,418 → 2,088 (-13.6%)	2,670 → 2,822 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$41,357 → $43,333 (+4.8%)	$77,426 → $101,875 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $105,000 (+41.3%)	$166,700 → $247,400 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $628 (-11.0%)	$1,022 → $1,275 (+24.8%)

Rockport

Population

2,4182,088

Median household income

$41,357$43,333

Median home value

$74,300$105,000

Median gross rent

$706$628

Santa Claus

Population

2,6702,822

Median household income

$77,426$101,875

Median home value

$166,700$247,400

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockport	Santa Claus
Under 5	3.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.8%
75 and over	8.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockport	Santa Claus
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	96.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockport	Santa Claus
No high school diploma	10.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	46.4%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockport	Santa Claus
Drove alone	79.7%	85.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockport	Santa Claus
1-unit, detached	62.7%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockport	Santa Claus
Poverty rate	17.0%	3.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1969	1995