Fordsville vs Rockport

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

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

Fordsville has the higher population (488 vs 207 in Rockport). Rockport has the higher median household income ($44,063 vs $33,750 in Fordsville). Rockport has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $50,000 in Fordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Fordsville	Rockport
Population	488	207
Median age	35.5 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$44,063
Median home value	$50,000	$96,700
Median gross rent	$438	$755
Housing units	196	98
Homeownership rate	65.2%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordsville	Rockport
Population	552 → 488 (-11.6%)	253 → 207 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$33,625 → $33,750 (+0.4%)	$39,875 → $44,063 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $50,000 (-13.6%)	$66,100 → $96,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $438 (-17.0%)	$600 → $755 (+25.8%)

Fordsville

Population

552488

Median household income

$33,625$33,750

Median home value

$57,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$528$438

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)

	Fordsville	Rockport
Under 5	2.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	6.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	32.2%	14.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	22.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.1%
75 and over	7.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordsville	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	99.5%
Black or African American	30.9%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordsville	Rockport
No high school diploma	20.2%	24.5%
High school graduate	43.9%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordsville	Rockport
Drove alone	89.3%	81.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordsville	Rockport
1-unit, detached	66.8%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.1%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Fordsville	Rockport
Poverty rate	20.3%	23.2%
Average household size	3.16	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1977	1963