Paynesville vs Rockville

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

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

Rockville has the higher population (2,521 vs 2,476 in Paynesville). Rockville has the higher median household income ($101,447 vs $72,105 in Paynesville). Rockville has the higher median home value ($327,400 vs $168,800 in Paynesville).

Population, income & housing

	Paynesville	Rockville
Population	2,476	2,521
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,105	$101,447
Median home value	$168,800	$327,400
Median gross rent	$791	$925
Housing units	1,236	1,069
Homeownership rate	69.2%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paynesville	Rockville
Population	2,503 → 2,476 (-1.1%)	2,551 → 2,521 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$51,208 → $72,105 (+40.8%)	$82,847 → $101,447 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$129,400 → $168,800 (+30.4%)	$254,700 → $327,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $791 (+23.2%)	$705 → $925 (+31.2%)

Paynesville

Population

2,5032,476

Median household income

$51,208$72,105

Median home value

$129,400$168,800

Median gross rent

$642$791

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)

	Paynesville	Rockville
Under 5	6.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	12.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	12.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	18.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.3%
75 and over	15.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paynesville	Rockville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paynesville	Rockville
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.9%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paynesville	Rockville
Drove alone	83.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paynesville	Rockville
1-unit, detached	66.1%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	10.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Paynesville	Rockville
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1970	1983