Jerome vs Rockwood

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

Jerome 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 645 in Jerome). Jerome has the higher median household income ($58,986 vs $49,063 in Rockwood). Since 2019, Rockwood's population has grown faster (+12.0% vs -10.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Jerome	Rockwood
Population	645	792
Median age	53.1 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,986	$49,063
Median home value	—	$85,600
Median gross rent	—	$624
Housing units	381	402
Homeownership rate	93.4%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerome	Rockwood
Population	722 → 645 (-10.7%)	707 → 792 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$48,469 → $58,986 (+21.7%)	$38,882 → $49,063 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$64,000 → $87,200 (+36.3%)	$83,400 → $85,600 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$601 → $624 (+3.8%)

Jerome

Population

722645

Median household income

$48,469$58,986

Median home value

$64,000$87,200

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)

	Jerome	Rockwood
Under 5	3.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	19.4%	11.1%
75 and over	8.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerome	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	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	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jerome	Rockwood
No high school diploma	6.5%	17.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerome	Rockwood
Drove alone	74.1%	87.4%
Carpooled	19.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerome	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	61.9%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Jerome	Rockwood
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1938	1940