Rockwood vs Salisbury

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

Rockwood and Salisbury 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 594 in Salisbury). Salisbury has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $49,063 in Rockwood). Salisbury has the higher median home value ($158,600 vs $85,600 in Rockwood).

Population, income & housing

	Rockwood	Salisbury
Population	792	594
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,063	$74,583
Median home value	$85,600	$158,600
Median gross rent	$624	$696
Housing units	402	364
Homeownership rate	63.8%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockwood	Salisbury
Population	707 → 792 (+12.0%)	771 → 594 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$38,882 → $49,063 (+26.2%)	$52,857 → $74,583 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$83,400 → $85,600 (+2.6%)	$116,900 → $158,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $624 (+3.8%)	$554 → $696 (+25.6%)

Rockwood

Population

707792

Median household income

$38,882$49,063

Median home value

$83,400$85,600

Median gross rent

$601$624

Salisbury

Population

771594

Median household income

$52,857$74,583

Median home value

$116,900$158,600

Median gross rent

$554$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockwood	Salisbury
Under 5	2.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	20.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.6%
75 and over	10.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockwood	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockwood	Salisbury
No high school diploma	17.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	50.1%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockwood	Salisbury
Drove alone	87.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	14.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockwood	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	50.5%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockwood	Salisbury
Poverty rate	13.5%	6.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1940	1949