Alcoa vs Rockford

A side-by-side comparison of Alcoa and Rockford: population, income, housing, and more.

Alcoa and Rockford are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alcoa has the higher population (11,635 vs 750 in Rockford). Rockford has the higher median household income ($66,786 vs $60,049 in Alcoa). Rockford has the higher median home value ($247,700 vs $232,300 in Alcoa).

Population, income & housing

	Alcoa	Rockford
Population	11,635	750
Median age	35.5 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,049	$66,786
Median home value	$232,300	$247,700
Median gross rent	$1,057	$1,013
Housing units	5,455	357
Homeownership rate	64.7%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcoa	Rockford
Population	9,561 → 11,635 (+21.7%)	759 → 750 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $60,049 (+23.2%)	$61,250 → $66,786 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $232,300 (+68.6%)	$188,100 → $247,700 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $1,057 (+32.8%)	$663 → $1,013 (+52.8%)

Alcoa

Population

9,56111,635

Median household income

$48,750$60,049

Median home value

$137,800$232,300

Median gross rent

$796$1,057

Rockford

Population

759750

Median household income

$61,250$66,786

Median home value

$188,100$247,700

Median gross rent

$663$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcoa	Rockford
Under 5	5.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	20.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	20.5%
75 and over	9.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcoa	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	84.8%
Black or African American	11.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcoa	Rockford
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcoa	Rockford
Drove alone	74.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	16.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	13.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcoa	Rockford
1-unit, detached	68.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Alcoa	Rockford
Poverty rate	15.4%	11.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1976	1980