Charles City vs Rockford

A side-by-side comparison of Charles City and Rockford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charles City has the higher population (7,321 vs 833 in Rockford). Rockford has the higher median household income ($62,759 vs $56,734 in Charles City). Charles City has the higher median home value ($118,900 vs $90,200 in Rockford).

Population, income & housing

	Charles City	Rockford
Population	7,321	833
Median age	42.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,734	$62,759
Median home value	$118,900	$90,200
Median gross rent	$628	$779
Housing units	3,621	420
Homeownership rate	65.8%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charles City	Rockford
Population	7,396 → 7,321 (-1.0%)	818 → 833 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$41,060 → $56,734 (+38.2%)	$54,792 → $62,759 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $118,900 (+27.0%)	$100,900 → $90,200 (-10.6%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $628 (+18.5%)	$467 → $779 (+66.8%)

Charles City

Population

7,3967,321

Median household income

$41,060$56,734

Median home value

$93,600$118,900

Median gross rent

$530$628

Rockford

Population

818833

Median household income

$54,792$62,759

Median home value

$100,900$90,200

Median gross rent

$467$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charles City	Rockford
Under 5	4.8%	9.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.3%
75 and over	12.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charles City	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charles City	Rockford
No high school diploma	5.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	41.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charles City	Rockford
Drove alone	77.8%	86.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charles City	Rockford
1-unit, detached	74.7%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	9.8%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Charles City	Rockford
Poverty rate	13.4%	9.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1962	1938