Hooversville vs Rockwood

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

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

Rockwood has the higher population (792 vs 655 in Hooversville). Rockwood has the higher median household income ($49,063 vs $41,250 in Hooversville). Rockwood has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $77,900 in Hooversville).

Population, income & housing

	Hooversville	Rockwood
Population	655	792
Median age	39.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$49,063
Median home value	$77,900	$85,600
Median gross rent	$419	$624
Housing units	322	402
Homeownership rate	82.1%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooversville	Rockwood
Population	623 → 655 (+5.1%)	707 → 792 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$40,500 → $41,250 (+1.9%)	$38,882 → $49,063 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $77,900 (+20.2%)	$83,400 → $85,600 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $419 (-30.9%)	$601 → $624 (+3.8%)

Hooversville

Population

623655

Median household income

$40,500$41,250

Median home value

$64,800$77,900

Median gross rent

$606$419

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)

	Hooversville	Rockwood
Under 5	4.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	20.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.1%
75 and over	8.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooversville	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	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	0.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooversville	Rockwood
No high school diploma	12.0%	17.0%
High school graduate	47.0%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooversville	Rockwood
Drove alone	85.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.3%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooversville	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	82.3%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	20.4%
20 or more units	9.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Hooversville	Rockwood
Poverty rate	15.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1938	1940