Rockvale vs Smyrna

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

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

Smyrna has the higher population (55,066 vs 1,229 in Rockvale). Rockvale has the higher median household income ($80,750 vs $78,409 in Smyrna). Rockvale has the higher median home value ($440,000 vs $326,700 in Smyrna).

Population, income & housing

	Rockvale	Smyrna
Population	1,229	55,066
Median age	45.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,750	$78,409
Median home value	$440,000	$326,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,366
Housing units	522	20,763
Homeownership rate	98.8%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockvale	Smyrna
Population	1,467 → 1,229 (-16.2%)	49,552 → 55,066 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$100,298 → $80,750 (-19.5%)	$62,635 → $78,409 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$271,500 → $440,000 (+62.1%)	$189,800 → $326,700 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,033 → $1,366 (+32.2%)

Rockvale

Population

1,4671,229

Median household income

$100,298$80,750

Median home value

$271,500$440,000

Smyrna

Population

49,55255,066

Median household income

$62,635$78,409

Median home value

$189,800$326,700

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockvale	Smyrna
Under 5	4.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	26.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	4.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	17.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	18.4%	6.3%
75 and over	6.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockvale	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	56.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockvale	Smyrna
No high school diploma	1.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	46.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockvale	Smyrna
Drove alone	77.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockvale	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	100.0%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Rockvale	Smyrna
Poverty rate	19.9%	11.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	2006	2000