Pomeroy vs Rockwell City

A side-by-side comparison of Pomeroy and Rockwell City: population, income, housing, and more.

Pomeroy and Rockwell City are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockwell City has the higher population (2,449 vs 568 in Pomeroy). Rockwell City has the higher median household income ($61,563 vs $55,069 in Pomeroy). Rockwell City has the higher median home value ($91,300 vs $70,600 in Pomeroy).

Population, income & housing

	Pomeroy	Rockwell City
Population	568	2,449
Median age	41.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,069	$61,563
Median home value	$70,600	$91,300
Median gross rent	$681	$797
Housing units	341	876
Homeownership rate	85.2%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomeroy	Rockwell City
Population	506 → 568 (+12.3%)	2,258 → 2,449 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $55,069 (+25.9%)	$46,023 → $61,563 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$53,600 → $70,600 (+31.7%)	$62,900 → $91,300 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$553 → $681 (+23.1%)	$608 → $797 (+31.1%)

Pomeroy

Population

506568

Median household income

$43,750$55,069

Median home value

$53,600$70,600

Median gross rent

$553$681

Rockwell City

Population

2,2582,449

Median household income

$46,023$61,563

Median home value

$62,900$91,300

Median gross rent

$608$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pomeroy	Rockwell City
Under 5	7.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	19.6%
45 to 54	7.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.8%
75 and over	13.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomeroy	Rockwell City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomeroy	Rockwell City
No high school diploma	5.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	41.1%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomeroy	Rockwell City
Drove alone	76.3%	67.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	10.8%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomeroy	Rockwell City
1-unit, detached	85.9%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Pomeroy	Rockwell City
Poverty rate	13.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1962	1958