Cokato vs Rockford

A side-by-side comparison of Cokato and Rockford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockford has the higher population (4,521 vs 2,780 in Cokato). Rockford has the higher median household income ($82,228 vs $71,090 in Cokato). Rockford has the higher median home value ($265,900 vs $216,100 in Cokato).

Population, income & housing

	Cokato	Rockford
Population	2,780	4,521
Median age	32.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,090	$82,228
Median home value	$216,100	$265,900
Median gross rent	$926	$1,254
Housing units	1,093	1,923
Homeownership rate	67.0%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cokato	Rockford
Population	2,738 → 2,780 (+1.5%)	4,551 → 4,521 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$52,639 → $71,090 (+35.1%)	$65,548 → $82,228 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $216,100 (+47.8%)	$181,900 → $265,900 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $926 (+20.3%)	$974 → $1,254 (+28.7%)

Cokato

Population

2,7382,780

Median household income

$52,639$71,090

Median home value

$146,200$216,100

Median gross rent

$770$926

Rockford

Population

4,5514,521

Median household income

$65,548$82,228

Median home value

$181,900$265,900

Median gross rent

$974$1,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cokato	Rockford
Under 5	11.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.4%
75 and over	8.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cokato	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cokato	Rockford
No high school diploma	11.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	42.4%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cokato	Rockford
Drove alone	83.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	8.5%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	12.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cokato	Rockford
1-unit, detached	64.6%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	17.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Cokato	Rockford
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1976	1996