Brandermill vs Rockwood

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

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

Brandermill has the higher population (13,938 vs 8,834 in Rockwood). Brandermill has the higher median household income ($107,748 vs $90,804 in Rockwood). Brandermill has the higher median home value ($349,300 vs $312,500 in Rockwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brandermill	Rockwood
Population	13,938	8,834
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,748	$90,804
Median home value	$349,300	$312,500
Median gross rent	$1,695	$1,875
Housing units	5,989	3,618
Homeownership rate	72.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandermill	Rockwood
Population	13,836 → 13,938 (+0.7%)	8,136 → 8,834 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$101,426 → $107,748 (+6.2%)	$82,863 → $90,804 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$257,000 → $349,300 (+35.9%)	$221,400 → $312,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,695 (+23.9%)	$1,343 → $1,875 (+39.6%)

Brandermill

Population

13,83613,938

Median household income

$101,426$107,748

Median home value

$257,000$349,300

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,695

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)

	Brandermill	Rockwood
Under 5	6.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.8%
75 and over	10.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandermill	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	64.7%
Black or African American	13.0%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	2.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandermill	Rockwood
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	17.0%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandermill	Rockwood
Drove alone	71.3%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	17.2%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandermill	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	67.3%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brandermill	Rockwood
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1987	1987