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Rockmart city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Rockmart city is a Census city of 5,204 people across 5.40 square miles of land, in Polk County. Median household income is $56,828, 61.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 16 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.5 m.
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Rockmart
What Rockmart is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.4 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land964
- County holding the largest share of its areaPolk County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockmart
How many people live in Rockmart
- Population5,204
- Median age41.5
- Population under 181,393 plus or minus 359
- Share under 1826.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Population 65 and over799 plus or minus 255
- Share 65 and over15.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Households1,992
- Family households1,088
- Share of households that are families54.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockmart
Income and work in Rockmart
- Median household income$56,828
- Per capita income$29,711
- Civilian labor force2,457
- Employed2,244
- Unemployed213 plus or minus 236
- Unemployment rate8.7 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Adults 25 and over3,644
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.5 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockmart
Housing in Rockmart
- Housing units2,106
- Occupied units1,992
- Vacant units114 plus or minus 85
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied1,234
- Renter occupied758 plus or minus 206
- Ownership rate61.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$201,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$986 plus or minus $227
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.8 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Single family units1,809
- Share single family85.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more297 plus or minus 185
- Share in buildings of two or more14.1 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockmart
How Rockmart gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,086
- Commuting under 15 minutes459 plus or minus 196
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.0 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,168 plus or minus 393
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more56.0 percent plus or minus 16.5
- Drove alone78.0 percent
- Carpooled16.0 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home5.4 percent plus or minus 7.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockmart
SBA loans in Rockmart (7(a))
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$6,489,300
- Average approval$405,581
- Median approval$560,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$715,000
- Largest approval$728,000
- Jobs supported114
- Jobs per approval7.1
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more31.3 percent
- Share to franchises12.5 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Rockmart
SBA loans in Rockmart (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,876,000
- Average approval$719,000
- Median approval$822,000
- Largest approval$1,050,000
- Jobs supported15
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Rockmart
Flood risk in Rockmart
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130154
- Currently effective map date06/07/19
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Polk County, not Rockmart
Polk County context, not Rockmart figures
These are Polk County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rockmart measurements.
- Establishments in Polk County670
- Employment at those establishments, Polk County10,640
- Covered employment, Polk County11,149
- Average annual pay, Polk County$48,735
- Average weekly wage, Polk County$937
- Housing units permitted, Polk County147
- Of those, single family, Polk County130
- County product, 2024, Polk County$1,740,318,000
- County product change over the prior year, Polk County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Polk County$49,375
Every figure in this section is published for Polk County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rockmart. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Rockmart questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rockmart, Georgia?
5,204, in 1,992 households. Rockmart city covers 5.40 square miles of land, which is 964 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rockmart in?
Polk County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Rockmart?
$56,828. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $201,700. Median gross rent is $986 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rockmart businesses?
16 7(a) approvals totalling $6.5 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $560,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $2.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rockmart, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rockmart borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Rockmart. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Rockmart in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Rockmart appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130154, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Rockmart figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Polk County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Rockmart.
Is zoning published for Rockmart?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.