Rockville vs Wheaton

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

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

Rockville has the higher population (67,218 vs 52,172 in Wheaton). Rockville has the higher median household income ($122,384 vs $107,349 in Wheaton). Rockville has the higher median home value ($658,300 vs $483,100 in Wheaton).

Population, income & housing

	Rockville	Wheaton
Population	67,218	52,172
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$122,384	$107,349
Median home value	$658,300	$483,100
Median gross rent	$2,244	$2,151
Housing units	28,169	17,105
Homeownership rate	53.1%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.6%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockville	Wheaton
Population	67,542 → 67,218 (-0.5%)	50,229 → 52,172 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$106,576 → $122,384 (+14.8%)	$85,617 → $107,349 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$540,000 → $658,300 (+21.9%)	$371,700 → $483,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,921 → $2,244 (+16.8%)	$1,813 → $2,151 (+18.6%)

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

Wheaton

Population

50,22952,172

Median household income

$85,617$107,349

Median home value

$371,700$483,100

Median gross rent

$1,813$2,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockville	Wheaton
Under 5	5.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.0%
75 and over	9.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockville	Wheaton
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	22.6%
Black or African American	10.8%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	21.0%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	43.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockville	Wheaton
No high school diploma	7.4%	19.4%
High school graduate	11.3%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockville	Wheaton
Drove alone	47.2%	56.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	11.3%
Public transit	12.5%	12.5%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.2%	17.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockville	Wheaton
1-unit, detached	40.2%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	11.4%
20 or more units	32.1%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Rockville	Wheaton
Poverty rate	7.9%	10.6%
Average household size	2.47	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1980	1959