Rockford vs Wildwood

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

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

Wildwood has the higher population (1,133 vs 750 in Rockford). Rockford has the higher median household income ($66,786 vs $55,388 in Wildwood). Rockford has the higher median home value ($247,700 vs $195,000 in Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Rockford	Wildwood
Population	750	1,133
Median age	48.7 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,786	$55,388
Median home value	$247,700	$195,000
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,451
Housing units	357	379
Homeownership rate	69.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockford	Wildwood
Population	759 → 750 (-1.2%)	1,110 → 1,133 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $66,786 (+9.0%)	$60,078 → $55,388 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $247,700 (+31.7%)	$181,500 → $195,000 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $1,013 (+52.8%)	$1,034 → $1,451 (+40.3%)

Rockford

Population

759750

Median household income

$61,250$66,786

Median home value

$188,100$247,700

Median gross rent

$663$1,013

Wildwood

Population

1,1101,133

Median household income

$60,078$55,388

Median home value

$181,500$195,000

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,451

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockford	Wildwood
Under 5	3.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	1.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	21.1%
65 to 74	20.5%	13.1%
75 and over	9.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockford	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockford	Wildwood
No high school diploma	8.4%	24.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockford	Wildwood
Drove alone	78.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	17.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockford	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	89.4%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Rockford	Wildwood
Poverty rate	11.6%	18.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1980	1993