Cedar Springs vs Rockford

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Springs and Rockford: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Springs and Rockford are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockford has the higher population (6,162 vs 3,661 in Cedar Springs). Rockford has the higher median household income ($100,156 vs $56,711 in Cedar Springs). Rockford has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $203,400 in Cedar Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Springs	Rockford
Population	3,661	6,162
Median age	39.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,711	$100,156
Median home value	$203,400	$294,800
Median gross rent	$1,096	$1,088
Housing units	1,529	2,761
Homeownership rate	60.1%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Springs	Rockford
Population	3,666 → 3,661 (-0.1%)	6,254 → 6,162 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$48,898 → $56,711 (+16.0%)	$64,920 → $100,156 (+54.3%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $203,400 (+70.6%)	$187,600 → $294,800 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,096 (+37.0%)	$837 → $1,088 (+30.0%)

Cedar Springs

Population

3,6663,661

Median household income

$48,898$56,711

Median home value

$119,200$203,400

Median gross rent

$800$1,096

Rockford

Population

6,2546,162

Median household income

$64,920$100,156

Median home value

$187,600$294,800

Median gross rent

$837$1,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Springs	Rockford
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	4.5%	10.5%
75 and over	6.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Springs	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Springs	Rockford
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	43.0%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Springs	Rockford
Drove alone	75.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	14.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	20.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Springs	Rockford
1-unit, detached	55.4%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Springs	Rockford
Poverty rate	25.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1980	1991