Bellwood vs Rockwood

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

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

Rockwood has the higher population (8,834 vs 8,489 in Bellwood). Rockwood has the higher median household income ($90,804 vs $50,172 in Bellwood). Rockwood has the higher median home value ($312,500 vs $192,600 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Rockwood
Population	8,489	8,834
Median age	33.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,172	$90,804
Median home value	$192,600	$312,500
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,875
Housing units	3,360	3,618
Homeownership rate	44.7%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Rockwood
Population	6,723 → 8,489 (+26.3%)	8,136 → 8,834 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$42,117 → $50,172 (+19.1%)	$82,863 → $90,804 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$140,900 → $192,600 (+36.7%)	$221,400 → $312,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,057 → $1,132 (+7.1%)	$1,343 → $1,875 (+39.6%)

Bellwood

Population

6,7238,489

Median household income

$42,117$50,172

Median home value

$140,900$192,600

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,132

Rockwood

Population

8,1368,834

Median household income

$82,863$90,804

Median home value

$221,400$312,500

Median gross rent

$1,343$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Rockwood
Under 5	4.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	21.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	9.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	13.8%
75 and over	5.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	64.7%
Black or African American	34.3%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	2.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Rockwood
No high school diploma	24.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.0%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Rockwood
Drove alone	77.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	16.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	57.9%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Rockwood
Poverty rate	17.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1989	1987