Lake Gogebic vs Rockland

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

Lake Gogebic 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 113 in Lake Gogebic). Rockland has the higher median household income ($45,156 vs $36,711 in Lake Gogebic). Since 2019, Rockland's population has grown faster (+20.8% vs -12.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Gogebic	Rockland
Population	113	250
Median age	50.6 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,711	$45,156
Median home value	—	$58,300
Housing units	112	153
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Gogebic	Rockland
Population	129 → 113 (-12.4%)	207 → 250 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$29,113 → $36,711 (+26.1%)	$31,719 → $45,156 (+42.4%)
Median home value	—	$44,500 → $58,300 (+31.0%)

Lake Gogebic

Population

129113

Median household income

$29,113$36,711

Rockland

Population

207250

Median household income

$31,719$45,156

Median home value

$44,500$58,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Gogebic	Rockland
Under 5	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	7.1%	26.0%
18 to 24	38.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	34.5%	17.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	15.2%
75 and over	4.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Gogebic	Rockland
White (non-Hispanic)	40.7%	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	54.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Gogebic	Rockland
No high school diploma	4.8%	14.1%
High school graduate	48.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Gogebic	Rockland
Drove alone	61.1%	64.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	20.2%
Other means	16.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Gogebic	Rockland
1-unit, detached	98.2%	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	1.8%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Gogebic	Rockland
Poverty rate	15.9%	36.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1955	1938