Greenland vs Rockland

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

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

Rockland has the higher population (250 vs 116 in Greenland). Rockland has the higher median household income ($45,156 vs $43,958 in Greenland). Rockland has the higher median home value ($58,300 vs $55,000 in Greenland).

Population, income & housing

	Greenland	Rockland
Population	116	250
Median age	57.0 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,958	$45,156
Median home value	$55,000	$58,300
Housing units	77	153
Homeownership rate	94.7%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenland	Rockland
Population	124 → 116 (-6.5%)	207 → 250 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $43,958 (-5.0%)	$31,719 → $45,156 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $55,000 (+3.6%)	$44,500 → $58,300 (+31.0%)

Greenland

Population

124116

Median household income

$46,250$43,958

Median home value

$53,100$55,000

Rockland

Population

207250

Median household income

$31,719$45,156

Median home value

$44,500$58,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenland	Rockland
Under 5	4.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	3.4%	26.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	6.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	4.3%	3.6%
45 to 54	19.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	28.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.2%
75 and over	16.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenland	Rockland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenland	Rockland
No high school diploma	11.3%	14.1%
High school graduate	57.7%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenland	Rockland
Drove alone	79.2%	64.0%
Carpooled	15.1%	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)

	Greenland	Rockland
1-unit, detached	85.7%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Greenland	Rockland
Poverty rate	19.8%	36.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1961	1938