Gibraltar vs Rockwood

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

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

Gibraltar has the higher population (4,937 vs 3,189 in Rockwood). Gibraltar has the higher median household income ($88,682 vs $85,391 in Rockwood). Gibraltar has the higher median home value ($212,300 vs $180,000 in Rockwood).

Population, income & housing

	Gibraltar	Rockwood
Population	4,937	3,189
Median age	48.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,682	$85,391
Median home value	$212,300	$180,000
Median gross rent	$1,346	$968
Housing units	2,268	1,318
Homeownership rate	79.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibraltar	Rockwood
Population	4,535 → 4,937 (+8.9%)	3,186 → 3,189 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$70,078 → $88,682 (+26.5%)	$76,313 → $85,391 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $212,300 (+34.3%)	$142,300 → $180,000 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,346 (+42.9%)	$876 → $968 (+10.5%)

Gibraltar

Population

4,5354,937

Median household income

$70,078$88,682

Median home value

$158,100$212,300

Median gross rent

$942$1,346

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)

	Gibraltar	Rockwood
Under 5	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	4.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	11.1%
75 and over	6.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibraltar	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibraltar	Rockwood
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	29.9%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibraltar	Rockwood
Drove alone	84.9%	81.5%
Carpooled	4.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibraltar	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	69.3%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	9.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Gibraltar	Rockwood
Poverty rate	2.5%	10.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1975	1968