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Rockwood city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Rockwood city is a Census city of 3,161 people across 2.52 square miles of land, in Wayne County. Median household income is $88,080, 75.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $264,800.
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Rockwood
What Rockwood is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.52 sq mi
- Water area0.18 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,254
- County holding the largest share of its areaWayne 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.
Rockwood
How many people live in Rockwood
- Population3,161
- Median age42.1
- Population under 18795 plus or minus 254
- Share under 1825.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Population 65 and over587 plus or minus 164
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Households1,273
- Family households855
- Share of households that are families67.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockwood
Income and work in Rockwood
- Median household income$88,080 plus or minus $22,634
- Per capita income$37,126
- Civilian labor force1,468
- Employed1,429
- Unemployed39 plus or minus 42
- Unemployment rate2.7 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over2,252
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.8 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockwood
Housing in Rockwood
- Housing units1,339
- Occupied units1,273
- Vacant units66 plus or minus 72
- Vacancy rate4.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Owner occupied958
- Renter occupied315 plus or minus 109
- Ownership rate75.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$188,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,037
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.1 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Single family units988
- Share single family73.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more303 plus or minus 112
- Share in buildings of two or more22.6 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Mobile homes48 plus or minus 35
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockwood
How Rockwood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,251
- Commuting under 15 minutes202 plus or minus 83
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.1 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more524 plus or minus 212
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.9 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Drove alone79.5 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home11.2 percent plus or minus 6.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rockwood
SBA 7(a) lending to Rockwood borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$264,800
- Average approval$66,200
- Median approval$79,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$104,000
- Largest approval$104,000
- Jobs supported16
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Rockwood
SBA 504 lending to Rockwood borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$208,000
- Average approval$208,000
- Median approval$208,000
- Largest approval$208,000
- Jobs supported30
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Rockwood
Flood programme status in Rockwood
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number260241
- Currently effective map date10/21/21
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Wayne County, not Rockwood
Wayne County context, not Rockwood figures
These are Wayne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rockwood measurements.
- Establishments in Wayne County33,699
- Employment at those establishments, Wayne County665,558
- Covered employment, Wayne County725,504
- Average annual pay, Wayne County$76,411
- Average weekly wage, Wayne County$1,469
- Housing units permitted, Wayne County2,629
- Of those, single family, Wayne County1,058
- County product, 2024, Wayne County$129,920,105,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wayne County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wayne County$60,504
Every figure in this section is published for Wayne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rockwood. 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
Rockwood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rockwood, Michigan?
3,161, in 1,273 households. Rockwood city covers 2.52 square miles of land, which is 1,254 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rockwood in?
Wayne 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 Rockwood?
$88,080. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $188,600. Median gross rent is $1,037 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Rockwood businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $264,800, across 4 lenders, median approval $79,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $208,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Rockwood, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Rockwood borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Rockwood. only 0 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 Rockwood in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Rockwood appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260241, carrying Community Rating System class 8, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. 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 Rockwood figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wayne 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 Rockwood.
Is zoning published for Rockwood?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.