Rockport vs Rowley

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

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

Rockport has the higher population (4,795 vs 1,576 in Rowley). Rowley has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $86,250 in Rockport). Rockport has the higher median home value ($694,300 vs $615,500 in Rowley).

Population, income & housing

	Rockport	Rowley
Population	4,795	1,576
Median age	61.5 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$106,250
Median home value	$694,300	$615,500
Median gross rent	$1,848	$1,100
Housing units	3,170	655
Homeownership rate	68.8%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockport	Rowley
Population	5,260 → 4,795 (-8.8%)	1,629 → 1,576 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$81,765 → $86,250 (+5.5%)	$79,554 → $106,250 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$563,900 → $694,300 (+23.1%)	$455,900 → $615,500 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,352 → $1,848 (+36.7%)	$1,342 → $1,100 (-18.0%)

Rockport

Population

5,2604,795

Median household income

$81,765$86,250

Median home value

$563,900$694,300

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,848

Rowley

Population

1,6291,576

Median household income

$79,554$106,250

Median home value

$455,900$615,500

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockport	Rowley
Under 5	3.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	6.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	5.1%	7.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	4.8%
55 to 64	18.1%	25.0%
65 to 74	29.1%	12.6%
75 and over	13.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockport	Rowley
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	3.2%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockport	Rowley
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.8%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.9%	37.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockport	Rowley
Drove alone	65.8%	89.4%
Carpooled	2.9%	1.6%
Public transit	2.6%	1.4%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	7.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockport	Rowley
1-unit, detached	69.0%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	6.9%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockport	Rowley
Poverty rate	3.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1951	1938