Blue Mounds vs Rockdale

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Mounds and Rockdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Mounds and Rockdale are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Mounds has the higher population (873 vs 220 in Rockdale). Rockdale has the higher median household income ($94,167 vs $74,583 in Blue Mounds). Blue Mounds has the higher median home value ($322,900 vs $275,000 in Rockdale).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mounds	Rockdale
Population	873	220
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$94,167
Median home value	$322,900	$275,000
Median gross rent	$1,093	$1,097
Housing units	403	90
Homeownership rate	60.5%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mounds	Rockdale
Population	1,094 → 873 (-20.2%)	236 → 220 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$74,750 → $74,583 (-0.2%)	$60,139 → $94,167 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$218,500 → $322,900 (+47.8%)	$173,900 → $275,000 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,150 → $1,093 (-5.0%)	$890 → $1,097 (+23.3%)

Blue Mounds

Population

1,094873

Median household income

$74,750$74,583

Median home value

$218,500$322,900

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,093

Rockdale

Population

236220

Median household income

$60,139$94,167

Median home value

$173,900$275,000

Median gross rent

$890$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mounds	Rockdale
Under 5	10.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	23.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.7%
75 and over	2.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mounds	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mounds	Rockdale
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	32.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mounds	Rockdale
Drove alone	66.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	10.7%
Other means	3.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mounds	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	56.1%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mounds	Rockdale
Poverty rate	11.8%	14.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1994	1973