Rapid River vs Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Rapid River and Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Rapid River and Rock are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rapid River has the higher population (230 vs 178 in Rock). Rock has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $39,375 in Rapid River). Rock has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $105,600 in Rapid River).

Population, income & housing

	Rapid River	Rock
Population	230	178
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$70,833
Median home value	$105,600	$128,100
Housing units	109	98
Homeownership rate	83.2%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rapid River	Rock
Population	279 → 230 (-17.6%)	158 → 178 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $39,375 (+31.3%)	$53,750 → $70,833 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $105,600 (+1.3%)	$89,500 → $128,100 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$401 → $323 (-19.5%)	—

Rapid River

Population

279230

Median household income

$30,000$39,375

Median home value

$104,200$105,600

Median gross rent

$401$323

Rock

Population

158178

Median household income

$53,750$70,833

Median home value

$89,500$128,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rapid River	Rock
Under 5	0.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	4.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	21.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	5.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	4.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	21.9%
75 and over	11.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rapid River	Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	17.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rapid River	Rock
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	49.4%	53.5%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rapid River	Rock
Drove alone	57.1%	90.6%
Carpooled	42.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rapid River	Rock
1-unit, detached	91.7%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Rapid River	Rock
Poverty rate	9.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1957	1958