Rocky Point vs Southworth

A side-by-side comparison of Rocky Point and Southworth: population, income, housing, and more.

Rocky Point and Southworth are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Southworth has the higher population (2,109 vs 1,648 in Rocky Point). Southworth has the higher median household income ($123,842 vs $83,456 in Rocky Point). Southworth has the higher median home value ($625,900 vs $531,600 in Rocky Point).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Point	Southworth
Population	1,648	2,109
Median age	42.2 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,456	$123,842
Median home value	$531,600	$625,900
Median gross rent	$1,560	$2,013
Housing units	860	1,009
Homeownership rate	81.7%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Point	Southworth
Population	1,596 → 1,648 (+3.3%)	2,224 → 2,109 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$75,227 → $83,456 (+10.9%)	$81,000 → $123,842 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$273,500 → $531,600 (+94.4%)	$298,600 → $625,900 (+109.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,015 → $1,560 (+53.7%)	$1,669 → $2,013 (+20.6%)

Rocky Point

Population

1,5961,648

Median household income

$75,227$83,456

Median home value

$273,500$531,600

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,560

Southworth

Population

2,2242,109

Median household income

$81,000$123,842

Median home value

$298,600$625,900

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky Point	Southworth
Under 5	2.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	7.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	17.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	17.2%	22.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	14.0%
75 and over	6.1%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Point	Southworth
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	89.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Point	Southworth
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.2%
High school graduate	23.5%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Point	Southworth
Drove alone	73.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	11.5%	1.1%
Public transit	2.9%	2.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	13.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Point	Southworth
1-unit, detached	82.2%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Point	Southworth
Poverty rate	7.9%	0.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1974	1990