Bruce Crossing vs Rockland

A side-by-side comparison of Bruce Crossing and Rockland: population, income, housing, and more.

Bruce Crossing and Rockland are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bruce Crossing has the higher population (266 vs 250 in Rockland). Bruce Crossing has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $45,156 in Rockland). Bruce Crossing has the higher median home value ($105,100 vs $58,300 in Rockland).

Population, income & housing

	Bruce Crossing	Rockland
Population	266	250
Median age	64.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	$45,156
Median home value	$105,100	$58,300
Housing units	129	153
Homeownership rate	87.9%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruce Crossing	Rockland
Population	347 → 266 (-23.3%)	207 → 250 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$52,813 → $70,417 (+33.3%)	$31,719 → $45,156 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$105,000 → $105,100 (+0.1%)	$44,500 → $58,300 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $571 (+11.7%)	—

Bruce Crossing

Population

347266

Median household income

$52,813$70,417

Median home value

$105,000$105,100

Median gross rent

$511$571

Rockland

Population

207250

Median household income

$31,719$45,156

Median home value

$44,500$58,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bruce Crossing	Rockland
Under 5	2.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	26.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	4.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	3.6%
45 to 54	4.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	4.5%	15.2%
75 and over	39.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruce Crossing	Rockland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.8%	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	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruce Crossing	Rockland
No high school diploma	11.1%	14.1%
High school graduate	70.0%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	11.6%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruce Crossing	Rockland
Drove alone	73.6%	64.0%
Carpooled	20.8%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.2%
Other means	5.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruce Crossing	Rockland
1-unit, detached	89.1%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Bruce Crossing	Rockland
Poverty rate	6.8%	36.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	39	29
Median year structure built	1980	1938