Ettrick vs Rockwood

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

Ettrick 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 5,760 in Ettrick). Rockwood has the higher median household income ($90,804 vs $54,857 in Ettrick). Rockwood has the higher median home value ($312,500 vs $184,400 in Ettrick).

Population, income & housing

	Ettrick	Rockwood
Population	5,760	8,834
Median age	24.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,857	$90,804
Median home value	$184,400	$312,500
Median gross rent	$1,223	$1,875
Housing units	1,755	3,618
Homeownership rate	72.3%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ettrick	Rockwood
Population	5,201 → 5,760 (+10.7%)	8,136 → 8,834 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$62,429 → $54,857 (-12.1%)	$82,863 → $90,804 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $184,400 (+35.6%)	$221,400 → $312,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,223 (+14.4%)	$1,343 → $1,875 (+39.6%)

Ettrick

Population

5,2015,760

Median household income

$62,429$54,857

Median home value

$136,000$184,400

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,223

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)

	Ettrick	Rockwood
Under 5	4.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	7.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	37.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	3.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.8%
75 and over	4.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ettrick	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	23.5%	64.7%
Black or African American	67.2%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ettrick	Rockwood
No high school diploma	14.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	21.3%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ettrick	Rockwood
Drove alone	71.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.6%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	17.2%
Other means	2.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ettrick	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	88.4%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ettrick	Rockwood
Poverty rate	9.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1977	1987