Rock Falls vs Ventura

A side-by-side comparison of Rock Falls and Ventura: population, income, housing, and more.

Rock Falls and Ventura are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ventura has the higher population (708 vs 125 in Rock Falls). Ventura has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $66,875 in Rock Falls). Ventura has the higher median home value ($344,800 vs $156,300 in Rock Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Falls	Ventura
Population	125	708
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$83,125
Median home value	$156,300	$344,800
Median gross rent	$967	$1,016
Housing units	66	359
Homeownership rate	78.7%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Falls	Ventura
Population	136 → 125 (-8.1%)	865 → 708 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $66,875 (+55.1%)	$75,938 → $83,125 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $156,300 (+13.7%)	$191,400 → $344,800 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $967 (+62.5%)	$1,018 → $1,016 (-0.2%)

Rock Falls

Population

136125

Median household income

$43,125$66,875

Median home value

$137,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$595$967

Ventura

Population

865708

Median household income

$75,938$83,125

Median home value

$191,400$344,800

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Falls	Ventura
Under 5	9.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	16.0%	1.1%
25 to 34	2.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	11.9%
75 and over	11.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Falls	Ventura
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Falls	Ventura
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Falls	Ventura
Drove alone	83.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Falls	Ventura
1-unit, detached	100.0%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rock Falls	Ventura
Poverty rate	11.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1956	1970