Rockvale vs Walterhill

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

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

Rockvale has the higher population (1,229 vs 119 in Walterhill). Walterhill has the higher median household income ($93,188 vs $80,750 in Rockvale). Rockvale has the higher median home value ($440,000 vs $234,100 in Walterhill).

Population, income & housing

	Rockvale	Walterhill
Population	1,229	119
Median age	45.1 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,750	$93,188
Median home value	$440,000	$234,100
Housing units	522	65
Homeownership rate	98.8%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockvale	Walterhill
Population	1,467 → 1,229 (-16.2%)	261 → 119 (-54.4%)
Median household income	$100,298 → $80,750 (-19.5%)	$39,342 → $93,188 (+136.9%)
Median home value	$271,500 → $440,000 (+62.1%)	$233,100 → $234,100 (+0.4%)

Rockvale

Population

1,4671,229

Median household income

$100,298$80,750

Median home value

$271,500$440,000

Walterhill

Population

261119

Median household income

$39,342$93,188

Median home value

$233,100$234,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockvale	Walterhill
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.4%	28.6%
55 to 64	8.3%	34.5%
65 to 74	18.4%	37.0%
75 and over	6.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockvale	Walterhill
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockvale	Walterhill
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.8%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockvale	Walterhill
Drove alone	77.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockvale	Walterhill
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockvale	Walterhill
Poverty rate	19.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.42	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	41	—
Median year structure built	2006	1994