Fort Recovery vs Rockford

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

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

Fort Recovery has the higher population (1,863 vs 893 in Rockford). Fort Recovery has the higher median household income ($66,833 vs $56,625 in Rockford). Fort Recovery has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $120,400 in Rockford).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Recovery	Rockford
Population	1,863	893
Median age	34.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,833	$56,625
Median home value	$162,000	$120,400
Median gross rent	$767	$806
Housing units	727	425
Homeownership rate	86.1%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Recovery	Rockford
Population	1,526 → 1,863 (+22.1%)	917 → 893 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$63,077 → $66,833 (+6.0%)	$50,700 → $56,625 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $162,000 (+39.7%)	$91,600 → $120,400 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $767 (+62.2%)	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)

Fort Recovery

Population

1,5261,863

Median household income

$63,077$66,833

Median home value

$116,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$473$767

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)

	Fort Recovery	Rockford
Under 5	3.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	25.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.2%
75 and over	8.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Recovery	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Recovery	Rockford
No high school diploma	8.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Recovery	Rockford
Drove alone	91.8%	77.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.4%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Recovery	Rockford
1-unit, detached	85.4%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Recovery	Rockford
Poverty rate	2.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1964	1963