Estral Beach vs South Rockwood

A side-by-side comparison of Estral Beach and South Rockwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Estral Beach and South Rockwood are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Rockwood has the higher population (1,891 vs 406 in Estral Beach). South Rockwood has the higher median household income ($78,063 vs $63,462 in Estral Beach). South Rockwood has the higher median home value ($217,800 vs $207,900 in Estral Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Estral Beach	South Rockwood
Population	406	1,891
Median age	45.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,462	$78,063
Median home value	$207,900	$217,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,325
Housing units	192	807
Homeownership rate	98.2%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estral Beach	South Rockwood
Population	342 → 406 (+18.7%)	1,770 → 1,891 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$67,917 → $63,462 (-6.6%)	$71,389 → $78,063 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$159,000 → $207,900 (+30.8%)	$142,500 → $217,800 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $950 (-5.0%)	$1,102 → $1,325 (+20.2%)

Estral Beach

Population

342406

Median household income

$67,917$63,462

Median home value

$159,000$207,900

Median gross rent

$1,000$950

South Rockwood

Population

1,7701,891

Median household income

$71,389$78,063

Median home value

$142,500$217,800

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estral Beach	South Rockwood
Under 5	2.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	16.3%	9.3%
75 and over	4.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estral Beach	South Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estral Beach	South Rockwood
No high school diploma	12.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	40.4%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estral Beach	South Rockwood
Drove alone	83.6%	87.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estral Beach	South Rockwood
1-unit, detached	99.0%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Estral Beach	South Rockwood
Poverty rate	11.9%	14.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1959	1981