Rockville vs Sauk Centre

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

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

Sauk Centre has the higher population (4,589 vs 2,521 in Rockville). Rockville has the higher median household income ($101,447 vs $65,763 in Sauk Centre). Rockville has the higher median home value ($327,400 vs $196,000 in Sauk Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Rockville	Sauk Centre
Population	2,521	4,589
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,447	$65,763
Median home value	$327,400	$196,000
Median gross rent	$925	$778
Housing units	1,069	2,193
Homeownership rate	89.1%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockville	Sauk Centre
Population	2,551 → 2,521 (-1.2%)	4,426 → 4,589 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$82,847 → $101,447 (+22.5%)	$57,851 → $65,763 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$254,700 → $327,400 (+28.5%)	$144,200 → $196,000 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $925 (+31.2%)	$642 → $778 (+21.2%)

Rockville

Population

2,5512,521

Median household income

$82,847$101,447

Median home value

$254,700$327,400

Median gross rent

$705$925

Sauk Centre

Population

4,4264,589

Median household income

$57,851$65,763

Median home value

$144,200$196,000

Median gross rent

$642$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockville	Sauk Centre
Under 5	7.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.9%
75 and over	8.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockville	Sauk Centre
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockville	Sauk Centre
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	21.0%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockville	Sauk Centre
Drove alone	82.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.2%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockville	Sauk Centre
1-unit, detached	89.1%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockville	Sauk Centre
Poverty rate	5.0%	15.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1983	1965