Rockwood vs Woodlake

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

Rockwood and Woodlake 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 7,373 in Woodlake). Woodlake has the higher median household income ($133,782 vs $90,804 in Rockwood). Woodlake has the higher median home value ($371,900 vs $312,500 in Rockwood).

Population, income & housing

	Rockwood	Woodlake
Population	8,834	7,373
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,804	$133,782
Median home value	$312,500	$371,900
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,888
Housing units	3,618	2,741
Homeownership rate	82.4%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockwood	Woodlake
Population	8,136 → 8,834 (+8.6%)	7,064 → 7,373 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$82,863 → $90,804 (+9.6%)	$104,556 → $133,782 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$221,400 → $312,500 (+41.1%)	$284,200 → $371,900 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,343 → $1,875 (+39.6%)	$1,410 → $1,888 (+33.9%)

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

Woodlake

Population

7,0647,373

Median household income

$104,556$133,782

Median home value

$284,200$371,900

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockwood	Woodlake
Under 5	8.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	19.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	6.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	18.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.0%
75 and over	9.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockwood	Woodlake
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	78.5%
Black or African American	16.8%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockwood	Woodlake
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	21.8%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockwood	Woodlake
Drove alone	76.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	17.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockwood	Woodlake
1-unit, detached	88.8%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Rockwood	Woodlake
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1987	1989