Rockwell vs Ventura

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

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

Rockwell has the higher population (942 vs 708 in Ventura). Ventura has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $58,850 in Rockwell). Ventura has the higher median home value ($344,800 vs $142,600 in Rockwell).

Population, income & housing

	Rockwell	Ventura
Population	942	708
Median age	47.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,850	$83,125
Median home value	$142,600	$344,800
Median gross rent	$539	$1,016
Housing units	423	359
Homeownership rate	77.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockwell	Ventura
Population	888 → 942 (+6.1%)	865 → 708 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$56,944 → $58,850 (+3.3%)	$75,938 → $83,125 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $142,600 (+14.1%)	$191,400 → $344,800 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $539 (-20.6%)	$1,018 → $1,016 (-0.2%)

Rockwell

Population

888942

Median household income

$56,944$58,850

Median home value

$125,000$142,600

Median gross rent

$679$539

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)

	Rockwell	Ventura
Under 5	6.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	1.1%
25 to 34	8.2%	8.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	7.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	15.7%	11.9%
75 and over	13.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockwell	Ventura
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	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	5.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockwell	Ventura
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	49.8%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockwell	Ventura
Drove alone	82.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockwell	Ventura
1-unit, detached	79.0%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockwell	Ventura
Poverty rate	15.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1971	1970