Clark and McCormack Quarry and House · Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainAt 0.7%, unemployment in Rockville is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 8% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. The two grades for Rockville are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rockville, in a few figures
Rockville makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in Rockville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rockville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Rockville and St. Cloud trade workers both ways
St. Cloud is the top workplace for Rockville residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Rockville come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Rockville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Rockville fell from 979 in 2014 to 671 in 2024, −31%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Rockville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rockville is better than 92% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rockville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Rockville works in goods: 54% of its jobs
671 jobs are based in Rockville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockville, 2014 → 2024: 979 → 671. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
31% of working residents work in St. Cloud
Where Rockville clocks in
31% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily flow of workers through Rockville
On a workday 1,022 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Rockville on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 24 minutes each way for Rockville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rockville workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,229 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Rockville
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Rockville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rockville is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Rockville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,331 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Rockville households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rockville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,401 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400, Rockville comes 312th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Empire MN | 3,063 | $148K | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 310 | Green Bay WI | 2,193 | $97K | 2.0% | 1.0% | 5% | A |
| 311 | Aviston IL | 2,454 | $118K | 4.1% | 1.9% | 4% | A |
| 312 | Rockville MN | 2,492 | $105K | 4.3% | 0.7% | 4% | A |
| 313 | Bowling Green Township OH | 1,863 | $112K | 1.9% | 5.1% | 1% | A |
| 314 | Lusby MD | 2,595 | $152K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rockville, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Rockville and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to St. Augusta (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rockville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockville | – | A | C− | 24 min | $105,329 |
| St. Joseph Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Maine Prairie Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $100,313 |
| St. Augusta | 2% | A | C+ | 25 min | $140,227 |
| Wakefield Township | 2% | A− | C | 29 min | $108,333 |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Joseph Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rockville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rockville: questions
What is the median household income in Rockville?
$105,329 (±$14,903) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockville?
4.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rockville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rockville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (31%, 8 mi), Waite Park (8%, 5 mi), Cold Spring (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rockville walkable?
Rockville is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rockville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rockville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.