Downing vs Rock Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Downing and Rock Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Downing has the higher population (250 vs 184 in Rock Falls). Rock Falls has the higher median household income ($68,500 vs $60,938 in Downing). Rock Falls has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $163,900 in Downing).

Population, income & housing

	Downing	Rock Falls
Population	250	184
Median age	41.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,938	$68,500
Median home value	$163,900	$165,000
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	105	88
Homeownership rate	75.8%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downing	Rock Falls
Population	199 → 250 (+25.6%)	167 → 184 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $60,938 (+9.6%)	$55,625 → $68,500 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $163,900 (+33.8%)	$128,600 → $165,000 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $850 (-24.4%)	$917 → $900 (-1.9%)

Downing

Population

199250

Median household income

$55,625$60,938

Median home value

$122,500$163,900

Median gross rent

$1,125$850

Rock Falls

Population

167184

Median household income

$55,625$68,500

Median home value

$128,600$165,000

Median gross rent

$917$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downing	Rock Falls
Under 5	3.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	25.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	2.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	17.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	21.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	12.5%
75 and over	2.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downing	Rock Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downing	Rock Falls
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.9%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downing	Rock Falls
Drove alone	81.8%	65.7%
Carpooled	15.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	23.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downing	Rock Falls
1-unit, detached	86.7%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Downing	Rock Falls
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1961	1961