Central City vs Rockwood

A side-by-side comparison of Central City and Rockwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Central City and Rockwood are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Central City has the higher population (1,055 vs 792 in Rockwood). Rockwood has the higher median household income ($49,063 vs $46,563 in Central City). Rockwood has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $72,700 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Rockwood
Population	1,055	792
Median age	43.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$49,063
Median home value	$72,700	$85,600
Median gross rent	$588	$624
Housing units	540	402
Homeownership rate	85.9%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Rockwood
Population	1,011 → 1,055 (+4.4%)	707 → 792 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$41,953 → $46,563 (+11.0%)	$38,882 → $49,063 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $72,700 (+11.5%)	$83,400 → $85,600 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $588 (-13.5%)	$601 → $624 (+3.8%)

Central City

Population

1,0111,055

Median household income

$41,953$46,563

Median home value

$65,200$72,700

Median gross rent

$680$588

Rockwood

Population

707792

Median household income

$38,882$49,063

Median home value

$83,400$85,600

Median gross rent

$601$624

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Rockwood
Under 5	6.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	16.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.1%
75 and over	11.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Rockwood
No high school diploma	9.9%	17.0%
High school graduate	56.4%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Rockwood
Drove alone	88.0%	87.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	79.4%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	20.4%
20 or more units	5.7%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Rockwood
Poverty rate	15.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1945	1940