Belleville vs Rockwood

A side-by-side comparison of Belleville and Rockwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belleville has the higher population (3,961 vs 3,189 in Rockwood). Rockwood has the higher median household income ($85,391 vs $59,929 in Belleville). Rockwood has the higher median home value ($180,000 vs $162,700 in Belleville).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	Rockwood
Population	3,961	3,189
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,929	$85,391
Median home value	$162,700	$180,000
Median gross rent	$1,077	$968
Housing units	2,071	1,318
Homeownership rate	53.3%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	Rockwood
Population	3,889 → 3,961 (+1.9%)	3,186 → 3,189 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$52,924 → $59,929 (+13.2%)	$76,313 → $85,391 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $162,700 (+9.9%)	$142,300 → $180,000 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,077 (+36.2%)	$876 → $968 (+10.5%)

Belleville

Population

3,8893,961

Median household income

$52,924$59,929

Median home value

$148,100$162,700

Median gross rent

$791$1,077

Rockwood

Population

3,1863,189

Median household income

$76,313$85,391

Median home value

$142,300$180,000

Median gross rent

$876$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	Rockwood
Under 5	7.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.1%
75 and over	6.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	85.0%
Black or African American	15.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	Rockwood
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	Rockwood
Drove alone	65.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	8.8%
Other means	3.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	27.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	9.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	Rockwood
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1977	1968