Cornelius vs Rockcreek

A side-by-side comparison of Cornelius and Rockcreek: population, income, housing, and more.

Cornelius and Rockcreek are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cornelius has the higher population (13,700 vs 9,463 in Rockcreek). Rockcreek has the higher median household income ($104,785 vs $90,071 in Cornelius). Rockcreek has the higher median home value ($619,300 vs $419,000 in Cornelius).

Population, income & housing

	Cornelius	Rockcreek
Population	13,700	9,463
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,071	$104,785
Median home value	$419,000	$619,300
Median gross rent	$1,475	$1,614
Housing units	4,673	3,868
Homeownership rate	72.1%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornelius	Rockcreek
Population	12,638 → 13,700 (+8.4%)	9,893 → 9,463 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$67,207 → $90,071 (+34.0%)	$87,022 → $104,785 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$263,000 → $419,000 (+59.3%)	$429,100 → $619,300 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,475 (+33.8%)	$1,383 → $1,614 (+16.7%)

Cornelius

Population

12,63813,700

Median household income

$67,207$90,071

Median home value

$263,000$419,000

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,475

Rockcreek

Population

9,8939,463

Median household income

$87,022$104,785

Median home value

$429,100$619,300

Median gross rent

$1,383$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornelius	Rockcreek
Under 5	4.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.0%
75 and over	2.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornelius	Rockcreek
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	12.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	52.5%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornelius	Rockcreek
No high school diploma	23.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornelius	Rockcreek
Drove alone	70.1%	62.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.1%
Public transit	5.7%	1.3%
Walked	2.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.3%
Worked from home	8.5%	19.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornelius	Rockcreek
1-unit, detached	69.3%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cornelius	Rockcreek
Poverty rate	9.3%	3.7%
Average household size	2.97	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1990	1977