Manchester vs Rockwood

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (12,347 vs 8,834 in Rockwood). Rockwood has the higher median household income ($90,804 vs $72,465 in Manchester). Rockwood has the higher median home value ($312,500 vs $286,900 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Rockwood
Population	12,347	8,834
Median age	34.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,465	$90,804
Median home value	$286,900	$312,500
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,875
Housing units	5,662	3,618
Homeownership rate	58.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Rockwood
Population	10,919 → 12,347 (+13.1%)	8,136 → 8,834 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$63,112 → $72,465 (+14.8%)	$82,863 → $90,804 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $286,900 (+52.2%)	$221,400 → $312,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,184 → $1,444 (+22.0%)	$1,343 → $1,875 (+39.6%)

Manchester

Population

10,91912,347

Median household income

$63,112$72,465

Median home value

$188,500$286,900

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,444

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)

	Manchester	Rockwood
Under 5	5.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.8%
75 and over	4.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	64.7%
Black or African American	36.2%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Rockwood
No high school diploma	10.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Rockwood
Drove alone	69.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	17.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	56.0%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Rockwood
Poverty rate	13.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1981	1987