Floyd County vs Rockdale County

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

Floyd County and Rockdale County are counties in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Floyd County has the higher population (98,985 vs 94,293 in Rockdale County). Rockdale County has the higher median household income ($72,349 vs $62,540 in Floyd County). Rockdale County has the higher median home value ($256,600 vs $194,100 in Floyd County).

Population, income & housing

	Floyd County	Rockdale County
Population	98,985	94,293
Median age	37.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,540	$72,349
Median home value	$194,100	$256,600
Median gross rent	$971	$1,341
Housing units	40,763	35,822
Homeownership rate	62.1%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floyd County	Rockdale County
Population	97,369 → 98,985 (+1.7%)	89,717 → 94,293 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$48,336 → $62,540 (+29.4%)	$60,189 → $72,349 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$132,400 → $194,100 (+46.6%)	$163,900 → $256,600 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $971 (+27.4%)	$1,056 → $1,341 (+27.0%)

Floyd County

Population

97,36998,985

Median household income

$48,336$62,540

Median home value

$132,400$194,100

Median gross rent

$762$971

Rockdale County

Population

89,71794,293

Median household income

$60,189$72,349

Median home value

$163,900$256,600

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Floyd County	Rockdale County
Under 5	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.9%
75 and over	6.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floyd County	Rockdale County
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	25.4%
Black or African American	13.5%	57.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floyd County	Rockdale County
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floyd County	Rockdale County
Drove alone	78.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	2.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.1%
Other means	1.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floyd County	Rockdale County
1-unit, detached	72.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Floyd County	Rockdale County
Poverty rate	16.8%	10.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1977	1988