Kingston vs Rockwood

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

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

Kingston has the higher population (6,042 vs 5,510 in Rockwood). Kingston has the higher median household income ($70,532 vs $37,867 in Rockwood). Kingston has the higher median home value ($204,200 vs $132,100 in Rockwood).

Population, income & housing

	Kingston	Rockwood
Population	6,042	5,510
Median age	47.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,532	$37,867
Median home value	$204,200	$132,100
Median gross rent	$699	$725
Housing units	2,844	2,767
Homeownership rate	77.7%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingston	Rockwood
Population	5,927 → 6,042 (+1.9%)	5,423 → 5,510 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$57,390 → $70,532 (+22.9%)	$32,334 → $37,867 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$167,600 → $204,200 (+21.8%)	$83,200 → $132,100 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $699 (-4.0%)	$596 → $725 (+21.6%)

Kingston

Population

5,9276,042

Median household income

$57,390$70,532

Median home value

$167,600$204,200

Median gross rent

$728$699

Rockwood

Population

5,4235,510

Median household income

$32,334$37,867

Median home value

$83,200$132,100

Median gross rent

$596$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingston	Rockwood
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.3%
75 and over	12.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingston	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	91.2%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingston	Rockwood
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	38.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingston	Rockwood
Drove alone	83.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	13.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingston	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	73.6%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Kingston	Rockwood
Poverty rate	6.6%	18.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1978	1968