South RockwoodMI
Home to 1,576 people, the town was settled in 1877.
Is South Rockwood a good place to live?
The best of South Rockwood’s subject grades are a B+ for the outdoors and a B for incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 3 of the 702 Michigan towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than South Rockwood. 63% of households live in a home they own in South Rockwood, below both Michigan’s towns (84%) and U.S. towns (73%). 11% of the land in South Rockwood is conserved, above both Michigan’s towns (4.4%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). On civic life, just 119 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Dodge Park, at 57 acres. South Rockwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave South Rockwood for work
Where South Rockwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How South Rockwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far South Rockwood is from typical.
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Moving to South Rockwood: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in South Rockwood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in South Rockwood.
South Rockwood has 0.5 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Half the trips to work are shorter than 16 miles. Between 2011 and 2021, jobs in South Rockwood rose by 169, to 299. 12% of South Rockwood residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Monroe (8%), Romulus (6%) and Taylor (5%).
| South Rockwood | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8.1% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
The typical home in South Rockwood: about $319K
Values rose 9% in the 12 months to September 2026. The midpoint rent for South Rockwood comes to $1,350 a month.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is South Rockwood’s year
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 19°; snowfall runs to about 45 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conservation land takes up 10.8% of South Rockwood
Across 1 park or preserve: 0.2 miles of trail. The concentration of trails in South Rockwood is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dodge Park | — | 57 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
An age mix much like Michigan’s
Among adults 25 and older in South Rockwood, 23% hold a bachelor’s degree or more. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Michigan average. For South Rockwood, the age of the median resident is 39.3 years.
| South Rockwood | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39.3 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 33% and 58% women
The Census survey reached too few of South Rockwood’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±12.5 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| South Rockwood | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.2% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.9% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.9% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.6% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.6% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.5% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.1% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of South Rockwood are less healthy than 58% of U.S. towns
For adults in South Rockwood, the share who have obesity is 41%. Two figures for adults here: 18% binge drink, 19% report frequent mental distress.
| South Rockwood | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | South Rockwood | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.1% | 10.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.5% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
South Rockwood faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA puts nearly two thirds of South Rockwood’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 12% to tornadoes. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 52% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in South Rockwood after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Michigan Stadium and 57 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around South Rockwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
22 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
17 mi MuseumThe Henry Ford1.8M visitors a year
22 mi TheatreFox Theatre
23 mi MuseumDetroit Institute of ArtsPhoto credits
Michigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ford Field: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Comerica Park: City of Detroit, Public domain · The Henry Ford: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fox Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Detroit Institute of Arts: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about South Rockwood
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of South Rockwood
About 2 of every 100 South Rockwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About South Rockwood
Village in Michigan, United States
South Rockwood is a village in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,587 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Berlin Charter Township.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 587 ft
- ZIP code
- 48179
South Rockwood’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with South Rockwood.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Rockwood | — | — | B− | — | B | C+ |
| Berlin Township | #555 | C | C+ | — | B | C |
| Rockwood | #185 | A− | B | A− | B+ | B− |
| Flat Rock | #414 | B− | B− | B− | B− | B− |
South Rockwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. South Rockwood and Berlin Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare South Rockwood with a neighbor →
Questions about South Rockwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is South Rockwood, MI expensive?
That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($77,335 across the Monroe, MI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.