RockwoodVA
10,010 residents make their home in this town in Virginia.
Is Rockwood a good place to live?
Rockwood’s grades pull in different directions. With a B+ overall, Rockwood is better than 65% of U.S. towns and ranks 141st of 249 in Virginia. Incomes are its strong suit — the median household earns $98K. It also does well on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 74% of the country. A typical home there costs about $354K, 4.1 years of the Richmond metro’s $87K median household income. The trade-off is walkability (C). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Rockwood Park, 171 acres with 2.7 miles of trail.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Rockwood stand out
Where Rockwood beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Rockwood for work
Where Rockwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rockwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Rockwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hollywood Cemetery and 32 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rockwood. Close and well known come first.
8 mi LandmarkHollywood Cemetery
27 mi Theme parkKings Dominion
9 mi LandmarkRobert E. Lee Monument
10 mi MuseumWhite House of the Confederacy
10 mi Stadium & arenaRichmond Coliseum
9 mi MuseumVirginia Museum of Fine Arts411K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Hollywood Cemetery: Andrew Bain, Public domain · Kings Dominion: Erechtheus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Robert E. Lee Monument: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White House of the Confederacy: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richmond Coliseum: Mentes at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Rockwood: who provides what
Rockwood is unincorporated, so Chesterfield County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rockwood.
Rockwood keeps 7.7% of its land conserved
The trail network density in Rockwood is 0.9 miles per square mile. Trails run 4.8 miles in 2 parks and preserves.
| Rockwood | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.7% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rockwood Park | 2.7 mi | 171 |
| 2. Clarendon Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, Rockwood’s schools beat 58% of Virginia districts
The Chesterfield County Public Schools runs its public schools. Its two schools are below. Enrollment at Rockwood’s public school: 682 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 682 | C |
| Al Madina School of Richmond PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 192 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Most of Rockwood’s workers leave town for work
Rockwood has 856 jobs for its 4,254 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 512 in 2013 to 856.
In Rockwood, 21% of workers work from home, above both Virginia’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (11%). Jobs in Rockwood grew by 344 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 856. 1.2% of Rockwood working residents work locally. The top destinations are Richmond (22%), Innsbrook (3%) and Manchester (3%).
| Rockwood | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 17% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rockwood’s grade for health is a B+
For adults in Rockwood, the share who binge drink is 13%. In Rockwood, 38% of adults have high blood pressure, where Virginia’s towns sit at 33% and U.S. towns at 35%. The town does better than the Virginia average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2.
| Rockwood | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 36% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rockwood | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.7% | 11.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 13.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Rockwood has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
In Rockwood, the risk rating from FEMA is 36 of 100. FEMA puts 74% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 7% to earthquakes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer adults under 35 in Rockwood than across Virginia
Four-year graduates: 49% of adults 25 and older here, 42% across Virginia. Adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 21% of residents (17% statewide). Rockwood’s age of the median resident stands at 39.5 years.
| Rockwood | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 49% | 44% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across Virginia, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Rockwood | VA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.6% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.5% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.4% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.1% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.4% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.6% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.2% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.6% | 8.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.4% | 23.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.2% | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.9% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.4% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.6% | 18.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
A home in Rockwood sells for about $452K at the median
On the market locally: a median 14 days to sell. In Rockwood, the median rent is $1,744 a month. Among households in the town, 77% are owner-occupiers.
| Rockwood | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,744 a month | $1,764 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rockwood
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Rockwood
About 6 of every 100 Rockwood residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
About Rockwood
CDP in Virginia, United States
Rockwood is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rockwood had a population of 8,685. The only Chesterfield County-operated nature center is located in Rockwood.
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- Area
- 5.4 sq mi
Rockwood’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Rockwood.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwood | #141 | B+ | C | — | B | B+ |
| Manchester | #193 | C+ | C | — | B | B− |
Rockwood and Manchester report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Rockwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Rockwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rockwood, VA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Rockwood grades B+ overall, better than 65% of U.S. towns and #141 of 249 in Virginia. It grades B+ for health and B for schools.
Is Rockwood, VA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $354,000, 14% below the Virginia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.