South Rockwood, Michigan - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,828
Male Share of the Population	49.7%
Female Share of the Population	50.3%
Senior Citizens	13.9%
Employed Population 16+	926
Age of the Population	44

Families

% of people married	50.1%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	29.9%
Median Earnings25+	$44,138
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$31,964

Wealth

Median Family Income	$86,000
% Above Poverty Level	90.4%
% Below Poverty Level	9.6%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	26 minutes
% Working from Home	1.5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	26.3%
Median Gross Rent	$1,088
Median House Value	$129,100

Ancestry

German	29.7%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	18.5%
Irish	15.5%
French Except Basque	7.9%
English	7.9%
Polish	6.3%
Hungarian	5%
Canadian	4.9%
Italian	4.4%
Finnish	4%
Dutch	3.4%
Scottish	2.4%
Czech	1.5%
Slovak	0.7%
Welsh	0.5%
Swedish	0.5%
African	0.4%
Lithuanian	0.4%
Danishn	0.4%
Austrian	0.4%
Ukrainian	0.3%
Croatian	0.3%
US/American	0.2%
Romanian	0.2%
Portuguese	0.2%
Norwegian	0.1%
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South Rockwood Almanac

Category	Value
County	Monroe County
Standard Zip Codes	48179
Phone Area Codes	734
Time Zone	America/Detroit
Approximate Latitude	42.06
Approximate Longitude	-83.26

South Rockwood Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	DETROIT METRO AP
Distance	12.3 miles
Jan Temp	18 to 31 F
Apr Temp	38 to 58 F
Jul Temp	64 to 83 F
Oct Temp	43 to 61 F
Annual Precip	32.8 inches

Station	MONROE
Distance	12.4 miles
Jan Temp	17 to 31 F
Apr Temp	37 to 56 F
Jul Temp	64 to 82 F
Oct Temp	42 to 61 F
Annual Precip	33.4 inches

Station	DETROIT CITY AP
Distance	26.8 miles
Jan Temp	20 to 33 F
Apr Temp	39 to 59 F
Jul Temp	66 to 85 F
Oct Temp	45 to 62 F
Annual Precip	0 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Carleton	2,399	$72,266
Flat Rock	9,932	$80,944
Gibraltar	4,529	$77,102
Rockwood	3,202	$86,738
Trenton	18,368	$84,989
Woodhaven	12,551	$75,406

South Rockwood Public Schools

Fred W. Ritter Elementary School
5650 Carleton Rockwood Rd
ZIP: 48179
(734) 379-5335
Primary
Total Enrollment 291

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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