Albany vs Rockville

A side-by-side comparison of Albany and Rockville: population, income, housing, and more.

Albany and Rockville are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Albany has the higher population (2,800 vs 2,521 in Rockville). Rockville has the higher median household income ($101,447 vs $75,417 in Albany). Rockville has the higher median home value ($327,400 vs $226,000 in Albany).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Rockville
Population	2,800	2,521
Median age	38.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,417	$101,447
Median home value	$226,000	$327,400
Median gross rent	$579	$925
Housing units	1,202	1,069
Homeownership rate	70.1%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Rockville
Population	2,729 → 2,800 (+2.6%)	2,551 → 2,521 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$62,679 → $75,417 (+20.3%)	$82,847 → $101,447 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $226,000 (+45.0%)	$254,700 → $327,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $579 (+17.4%)	$705 → $925 (+31.2%)

Albany

Population

2,7292,800

Median household income

$62,679$75,417

Median home value

$155,900$226,000

Median gross rent

$493$579

Rockville

Population

2,5512,521

Median household income

$82,847$101,447

Median home value

$254,700$327,400

Median gross rent

$705$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Rockville
Under 5	6.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	22.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.4%	18.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.3%
75 and over	12.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Rockville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Rockville
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	32.6%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Rockville
Drove alone	83.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Rockville
1-unit, detached	65.4%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Rockville
Poverty rate	3.6%	5.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1987	1983