Rockford vs Townsend

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

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

Rockford has the higher population (750 vs 570 in Townsend). Townsend has the higher median household income ($84,155 vs $66,786 in Rockford). Townsend has the higher median home value ($332,800 vs $247,700 in Rockford).

Population, income & housing

	Rockford	Townsend
Population	750	570
Median age	48.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,786	$84,155
Median home value	$247,700	$332,800
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,317
Housing units	357	445
Homeownership rate	69.3%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockford	Townsend
Population	759 → 750 (-1.2%)	358 → 570 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $66,786 (+9.0%)	$50,313 → $84,155 (+67.3%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $247,700 (+31.7%)	$232,600 → $332,800 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $1,013 (+52.8%)	$775 → $1,317 (+69.9%)

Rockford

Population

759750

Median household income

$61,250$66,786

Median home value

$188,100$247,700

Median gross rent

$663$1,013

Townsend

Population

358570

Median household income

$50,313$84,155

Median home value

$232,600$332,800

Median gross rent

$775$1,317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockford	Townsend
Under 5	3.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	8.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	6.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	20.5%	27.7%
75 and over	9.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockford	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockford	Townsend
No high school diploma	8.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockford	Townsend
Drove alone	78.2%	90.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	1.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockford	Townsend
1-unit, detached	89.4%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Rockford	Townsend
Poverty rate	11.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1980	1990