Friendsville vs Rockford

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

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

Friendsville has the higher population (1,056 vs 750 in Rockford). Friendsville has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $66,786 in Rockford). Rockford has the higher median home value ($247,700 vs $189,800 in Friendsville).

Population, income & housing

	Friendsville	Rockford
Population	1,056	750
Median age	44.8 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,292	$66,786
Median home value	$189,800	$247,700
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,013
Housing units	429	357
Homeownership rate	79.9%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendsville	Rockford
Population	847 → 1,056 (+24.7%)	759 → 750 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$54,615 → $67,292 (+23.2%)	$61,250 → $66,786 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$138,600 → $189,800 (+36.9%)	$188,100 → $247,700 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,094 (+8.6%)	$663 → $1,013 (+52.8%)

Friendsville

Population

8471,056

Median household income

$54,615$67,292

Median home value

$138,600$189,800

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,094

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)

	Friendsville	Rockford
Under 5	5.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	6.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	19.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	20.5%
75 and over	6.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendsville	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendsville	Rockford
No high school diploma	16.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	49.6%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendsville	Rockford
Drove alone	80.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	13.2%
Other means	5.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendsville	Rockford
1-unit, detached	89.7%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Friendsville	Rockford
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1969	1980