Midtown vs Rockwood

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

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

Rockwood has the higher population (5,510 vs 1,281 in Midtown). Midtown has the higher median household income ($39,597 vs $37,867 in Rockwood). Midtown has the higher median home value ($135,700 vs $132,100 in Rockwood).

Population, income & housing

	Midtown	Rockwood
Population	1,281	5,510
Median age	56.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,597	$37,867
Median home value	$135,700	$132,100
Median gross rent	$744	$725
Housing units	754	2,767
Homeownership rate	60.1%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midtown	Rockwood
Population	1,261 → 1,281 (+1.6%)	5,423 → 5,510 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$47,835 → $39,597 (-17.2%)	$32,334 → $37,867 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$69,900 → $135,700 (+94.1%)	$83,200 → $132,100 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $744 (-5.6%)	$596 → $725 (+21.6%)

Midtown

Population

1,2611,281

Median household income

$47,835$39,597

Median home value

$69,900$135,700

Median gross rent

$788$744

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)

	Midtown	Rockwood
Under 5	5.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	8.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	6.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	17.6%	10.3%
75 and over	21.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midtown	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midtown	Rockwood
No high school diploma	15.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	51.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midtown	Rockwood
Drove alone	97.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midtown	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	67.6%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Midtown	Rockwood
Poverty rate	8.3%	18.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1968	1968