Murfreesboro vs Rockvale

A side-by-side comparison of Murfreesboro and Rockvale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Murfreesboro has the higher population (157,547 vs 1,229 in Rockvale). Rockvale has the higher median household income ($80,750 vs $76,241 in Murfreesboro). Rockvale has the higher median home value ($440,000 vs $365,100 in Murfreesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Murfreesboro	Rockvale
Population	157,547	1,229
Median age	31.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,241	$80,750
Median home value	$365,100	$440,000
Median gross rent	$1,376	—
Housing units	64,497	522
Homeownership rate	53.3%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murfreesboro	Rockvale
Population	136,366 → 157,547 (+15.5%)	1,467 → 1,229 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$62,003 → $76,241 (+23.0%)	$100,298 → $80,750 (-19.5%)
Median home value	$238,000 → $365,100 (+53.4%)	$271,500 → $440,000 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,376 (+30.8%)	—

Murfreesboro

Population

136,366157,547

Median household income

$62,003$76,241

Median home value

$238,000$365,100

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,376

Rockvale

Population

1,4671,229

Median household income

$100,298$80,750

Median home value

$271,500$440,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murfreesboro	Rockvale
Under 5	6.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	26.8%
18 to 24	15.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	4.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	17.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	18.4%
75 and over	4.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murfreesboro	Rockvale
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	85.7%
Black or African American	16.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murfreesboro	Rockvale
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.9%
High school graduate	23.7%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murfreesboro	Rockvale
Drove alone	72.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	22.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murfreesboro	Rockvale
1-unit, detached	52.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Murfreesboro	Rockvale
Poverty rate	10.0%	19.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	41
Median year structure built	2001	2006