Coldwater vs Rockford

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

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

Coldwater has the higher population (4,387 vs 893 in Rockford). Coldwater has the higher median household income ($77,730 vs $56,625 in Rockford). Coldwater has the higher median home value ($215,700 vs $120,400 in Rockford).

Population, income & housing

	Coldwater	Rockford
Population	4,387	893
Median age	32.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,730	$56,625
Median home value	$215,700	$120,400
Median gross rent	$800	$806
Housing units	1,559	425
Homeownership rate	78.6%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldwater	Rockford
Population	4,366 → 4,387 (+0.5%)	917 → 893 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$59,719 → $77,730 (+30.2%)	$50,700 → $56,625 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $215,700 (+52.2%)	$91,600 → $120,400 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $800 (+26.6%)	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)

Coldwater

Population

4,3664,387

Median household income

$59,719$77,730

Median home value

$141,700$215,700

Median gross rent

$632$800

Rockford

Population

917893

Median household income

$50,700$56,625

Median home value

$91,600$120,400

Median gross rent

$675$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldwater	Rockford
Under 5	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	26.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	5.7%	12.2%
75 and over	7.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldwater	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldwater	Rockford
No high school diploma	2.5%	12.0%
High school graduate	41.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldwater	Rockford
Drove alone	79.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	15.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldwater	Rockford
1-unit, detached	82.9%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Coldwater	Rockford
Poverty rate	2.1%	11.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1974	1963