Mass City vs Rockland

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

Mass City 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 202 in Mass City). Mass City has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $45,156 in Rockland). Rockland has the higher median home value ($58,300 vs $56,800 in Mass City).

Population, income & housing

	Mass City	Rockland
Population	202	250
Median age	52.0 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$45,156
Median home value	$56,800	$58,300
Housing units	182	153
Homeownership rate	81.4%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mass City	Rockland
Population	170 → 202 (+18.8%)	207 → 250 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $65,000 (+46.5%)	$31,719 → $45,156 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$44,200 → $56,800 (+28.5%)	$44,500 → $58,300 (+31.0%)

Mass City

Population

170202

Median household income

$44,375$65,000

Median home value

$44,200$56,800

Rockland

Population

207250

Median household income

$31,719$45,156

Median home value

$44,500$58,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mass City	Rockland
Under 5	2.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	26.0%
18 to 24	2.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	14.9%	3.6%
45 to 54	21.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	18.8%	15.2%
75 and over	11.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mass City	Rockland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	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	2.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mass City	Rockland
No high school diploma	1.2%	14.1%
High school graduate	34.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mass City	Rockland
Drove alone	66.0%	64.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.9%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mass City	Rockland
1-unit, detached	98.9%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Mass City	Rockland
Poverty rate	5.0%	36.4%
Average household size	1.98	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938