Dane vs Rockdale

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

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

Dane has the higher population (1,039 vs 220 in Rockdale). Dane has the higher median household income ($110,769 vs $94,167 in Rockdale). Dane has the higher median home value ($334,800 vs $275,000 in Rockdale).

Population, income & housing

	Dane	Rockdale
Population	1,039	220
Median age	34.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$110,769	$94,167
Median home value	$334,800	$275,000
Median gross rent	$1,159	$1,097
Housing units	394	90
Homeownership rate	81.4%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dane	Rockdale
Population	1,004 → 1,039 (+3.5%)	236 → 220 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$84,375 → $110,769 (+31.3%)	$60,139 → $94,167 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$216,000 → $334,800 (+55.0%)	$173,900 → $275,000 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,159 (+20.1%)	$890 → $1,097 (+23.3%)

Dane

Population

1,0041,039

Median household income

$84,375$110,769

Median home value

$216,000$334,800

Median gross rent

$965$1,159

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)

	Dane	Rockdale
Under 5	8.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	23.2%
18 to 24	12.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	17.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	4.2%	7.7%
75 and over	2.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dane	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dane	Rockdale
No high school diploma	1.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	35.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dane	Rockdale
Drove alone	82.1%	82.1%
Carpooled	2.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	10.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dane	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	86.0%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dane	Rockdale
Poverty rate	5.4%	14.5%
Average household size	2.72	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1987	1973