Gaithersburg vs Rockville

A side-by-side comparison of Gaithersburg and Rockville: population, income, housing, and more.

Gaithersburg and Rockville are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gaithersburg has the higher population (69,225 vs 67,218 in Rockville). Rockville has the higher median household income ($122,384 vs $107,496 in Gaithersburg). Rockville has the higher median home value ($658,300 vs $484,500 in Gaithersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Gaithersburg	Rockville
Population	69,225	67,218
Median age	37.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,496	$122,384
Median home value	$484,500	$658,300
Median gross rent	$2,008	$2,244
Housing units	27,386	28,169
Homeownership rate	51.3%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaithersburg	Rockville
Population	67,742 → 69,225 (+2.2%)	67,542 → 67,218 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$89,763 → $107,496 (+19.8%)	$106,576 → $122,384 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$392,200 → $484,500 (+23.5%)	$540,000 → $658,300 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,740 → $2,008 (+15.4%)	$1,921 → $2,244 (+16.8%)

Gaithersburg

Population

67,74269,225

Median household income

$89,763$107,496

Median home value

$392,200$484,500

Median gross rent

$1,740$2,008

Rockville

Population

67,54267,218

Median household income

$106,576$122,384

Median home value

$540,000$658,300

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gaithersburg	Rockville
Under 5	7.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.0%
75 and over	6.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaithersburg	Rockville
White (non-Hispanic)	31.2%	44.5%
Black or African American	15.0%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	19.5%	21.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.5%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaithersburg	Rockville
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	16.1%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	37.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaithersburg	Rockville
Drove alone	54.2%	47.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.2%
Public transit	6.6%	12.5%
Walked	1.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	23.9%	30.2%
Other means	2.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaithersburg	Rockville
1-unit, detached	19.6%	40.2%
1-unit, attached	29.0%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	26.9%	10.7%
20 or more units	21.9%	32.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Gaithersburg	Rockville
Poverty rate	8.8%	7.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1989	1980