Centertown vs Rockport

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

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

Centertown has the higher population (347 vs 207 in Rockport). Centertown has the higher median household income ($46,875 vs $44,063 in Rockport). Rockport has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $91,800 in Centertown).

Population, income & housing

	Centertown	Rockport
Population	347	207
Median age	39.5 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$44,063
Median home value	$91,800	$96,700
Median gross rent	$919	$755
Housing units	136	98
Homeownership rate	75.8%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centertown	Rockport
Population	507 → 347 (-31.6%)	253 → 207 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $46,875 (+9.2%)	$39,875 → $44,063 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $91,800 (+21.9%)	$66,100 → $96,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $919 (+36.1%)	$600 → $755 (+25.8%)

Centertown

Population

507347

Median household income

$42,917$46,875

Median home value

$75,300$91,800

Median gross rent

$675$919

Rockport

Population

253207

Median household income

$39,875$44,063

Median home value

$66,100$96,700

Median gross rent

$600$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centertown	Rockport
Under 5	9.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	14.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	22.7%
35 to 44	16.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.1%
75 and over	9.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centertown	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	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	6.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centertown	Rockport
No high school diploma	16.7%	24.5%
High school graduate	51.5%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centertown	Rockport
Drove alone	88.0%	81.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centertown	Rockport
1-unit, detached	76.5%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Centertown	Rockport
Poverty rate	31.2%	23.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1973	1963