Cambridge vs Rockdale

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

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

Cambridge has the higher population (1,507 vs 220 in Rockdale). Rockdale has the higher median household income ($94,167 vs $93,424 in Cambridge). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($280,000 vs $275,000 in Rockdale).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Rockdale
Population	1,507	220
Median age	44.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,424	$94,167
Median home value	$280,000	$275,000
Median gross rent	$1,120	$1,097
Housing units	666	90
Homeownership rate	75.1%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Rockdale
Population	1,332 → 1,507 (+13.1%)	236 → 220 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$79,821 → $93,424 (+17.0%)	$60,139 → $94,167 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$208,300 → $280,000 (+34.4%)	$173,900 → $275,000 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,120 (+26.4%)	$890 → $1,097 (+23.3%)

Cambridge

Population

1,3321,507

Median household income

$79,821$93,424

Median home value

$208,300$280,000

Median gross rent

$886$1,120

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)

	Cambridge	Rockdale
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	23.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	16.4%
55 to 64	19.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.7%
75 and over	6.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Rockdale
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	24.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Rockdale
Drove alone	80.8%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	10.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	59.9%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Rockdale
Poverty rate	6.4%	14.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1989	1973