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Population (year 2000): 7,708
Males: 3,736  (48.5%)
Females: 3,972  (51.5%)

Tolland County

Median resident age:  32.4 years
Connecticut median age:  37.4 years

Zip codes: 06066.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $40,600 (it was $32,444 in 2000)
Rockville  $40,600
Connecticut:  $60,941

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $169,200 (it was $112,000 in 2000)
Rockville  $169,200
Connecticut:  $271,500

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Races in Rockville:

  • White Non-Hispanic (79.2%)
  • Black (7.7%)
  • Hispanic (7.2%)
  • Two or more races (3.4%)
  • Other race (2.4%)
  • Other Asian (1.4%)
  • American Indian (1.1%)
  • Vietnamese (0.8%)
  • Asian Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Rockville: 91.0 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (14.9%), Italian (12.0%), English (11.0%), French (10.8%), Polish (9.6%), German (9.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 400 feet

Land area: 1.73 square miles.

Population density: 4448 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Rockville

  • High school or higher: 80.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
  • Unemployed: 3.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Rockville CDP

  • Never married: 38.2%
  • Now married: 36.6%
  • Separated: 2.2%
  • Widowed: 7.1%
  • Divorced: 15.9%

497 residents are foreign born (2.6% Asia, 1.4% Latin America, 1.2% Europe, 0.9% North America).

This place:  6.4%
Connecticut:  10.9%



According to our research there were 14 registered sex offenders living in Rockville, Connecticut in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Rockville to the number of sex offenders is 551 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Rockville:  2.1% ($2,308)
Connecticut:  1.8% ($2,961)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Manchester, CT (7.7 miles , pop. 54,740).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Brookhaven, NY (79.1 miles , pop. 448,248).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (120.3 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Vernon, CT (1.9 miles ), Ellington, CT (3.1 miles ), Tolland, CT (6.1 miles ), Bolton, CT (6.8 miles ), Broad Brook, CT (6.9 miles ), Crystal Lake, CT (7.0 miles ), South Windsor, CT (7.5 miles ), Manchester, CT (7.7 miles ).

Latitude: 41.87 N, Longitude: 72.46 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -1,128 (-14.6%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 455 (11.3%)


People in group quarters in Rockville
  • 67 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 8 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
  • 6 people in religious group quarters
  • 3 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Area code: 860

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Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Printing and related support activities (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (17%)
  • Accommodation and food services (11%)
  • Finance and insurance (10%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (4%)


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Rockville-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Connecticut state average. It is 2% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/3/1979, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 14.8 miles away from the Rockville place center killed 3 people and injured 500 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 5/10/1954, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.8 miles away from the place center injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


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Main business address for: Rockville Financial Inc. (NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS).


Hospital/medical center in Rockville:
  • ROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL (31 UNION ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Rockville:
  • MANCHESTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; MANCHESTER, CT)
  • JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; STAFFORD SPRINGS, CT)
  • REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF CT, INC (about 18 miles; HARTFORD, CT)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Rockville:
  • BRADLEY INTL (about 16 miles; WINDSOR LOCKS, CT; ID: BDL)
  • HARTFORD-BRAINARD (about 17 miles; HARTFORD, CT; ID: HFD)
  • WESTOVER ARB/METROPOLITAN (about 23 miles; SPRINGFIELD/CHICOPEE, MA; ID: CEF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rockville:
  • ELLINGTON (about 4 miles; ELLINGTON, CT; ID: 7B9)
  • SKYLARK AIRPARK (about 9 miles; WAREHOUSE POINT, CT; ID: 7B6)
  • SALMON RIVER AIRFIELD (about 20 miles; MARLBOROUGH, CT; ID: 9B8)

Amtrak stations near Rockville:
  • 13 miles: WINDSOR LOCKS (S. MAIN ST. (RTE. 159)). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
  • 14 miles: WINDSOR (41 CENTRAL ST.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
  • 18 miles: HARTFORD (1 UNION PLACE). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, snack bar, vending machines, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Rockville:
  • UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (about 15 miles; STORRS, CT; Full-time enrollment: 16,952)
  • SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 19 miles; SPRINGFIELD, MA; FT enrollment: 4,026)
  • TRINITY COLLEGE (about 19 miles; HARTFORD, CT; FT enrollment: 2,056)
  • SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE (about 19 miles; SPRINGFIELD, MA; FT enrollment: 4,176)
  • WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE (about 19 miles; SPRINGFIELD, MA; FT enrollment: 3,285)
  • MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 19 miles; MANCHESTER, CT; FT enrollment: 2,863)
  • EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (about 20 miles; WILLIMANTIC, CT; FT enrollment: 4,165)
Public high school in Rockville:
Public elementary/middle schools in Rockville:
Private elementary/middle school in Rockville:
  • ST JOSEPH (Students: 114; Location: 41 WEST STREET; Grades: KG - 7)

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Average household size:
This place:  2.2 people
Connecticut:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  50.1%
Whole state:  67.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  10.2%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  12.9%
Whole state:  7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  8.0%
Whole state:  3.9%

Rockville compared to Connecticut state average:
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Rockville (2007 data):
  • Bank of America, National Association: Rockville Branch at 42 East Main Street, branch established on 1934-01-01. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $1,196,123.8 mil, Deposits: $759,600.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5839 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation



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2004 Presidential Election results in Tolland County Connecticut:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:

8.06% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($48,619 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.06%
Connecticut average:  5.12%

0.29% of residents moved from foreign countries ($334 average AGI)
Tolland County:  0.29%
Connecticut average:  0.19%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Hartford County, CT  3.51% ($51,650 average AGI)
from Windham County, CT  0.78% ($38,518)
from New London County, CT  0.37% ($49,551)


7.91% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($52,038 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.91%
Connecticut average:  5.64%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($270 average AGI)
Tolland County:  0.06%
Connecticut average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Hartford County, CT  3.10% ($48,876 average AGI)
to Windham County, CT  0.68% ($33,191)
to New London County, CT  0.34% ($49,613)


Strongest AM radio stations in Rockville:
  • WCTF (1170 AM; daytime; 1 kW; VERNON, CT; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WTIC (1080 AM; 50 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WVNE (760 AM; daytime; 25 kW; LEICESTER, MA; Owner: BLOUNT MASSCOM, INC.)
  • WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WDRC (1360 AM; 5 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WACE (730 AM; 5 kW; CHICOPEE, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WHYN (560 AM; 5 kW; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WSPR (1270 AM; 5 kW; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: ANTONIO F. AND HELENA R. GOIS, TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY)
  • WNEZ (1230 AM; 1 kW; MANCHESTER, CT; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF MANCHESTER LICENSEE LLC)
  • WDZK (1550 AM; 5 kW; BLOOMFIELD, CT; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Rockville:
  • WHUS (91.7 FM; STORRS, CT; Owner: THE BD. OF TRUSTEES, THE UNIV. OF CT)
  • WRCH (100.5 FM; NEW BRITAIN, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WAQY (102.1 FM; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
  • WHYN-FM (93.1 FM; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WTIC-FM (96.5 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WWUH (91.3 FM; WEST HARTFORD, CT; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD)
  • W258AC (99.5 FM; STORRS, CT; Owner: CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WCCC-FM (106.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: MARLIN BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WRNX (100.9 FM; AMHERST, MA; Owner: WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS RADIO COMPANY)
  • WILI-FM (98.3 FM; WILLIMANTIC, CT; Owner: NUTMEG BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WFCR (88.5 FM; AMHERST, MA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS)
  • WPKX (97.9 FM; ENFIELD, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKSS (95.7 FM; HARTFORD-MERIDEN, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WWYZ (92.5 FM; WATERBURY, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WZMX (93.7 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WHCN (105.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMRQ (104.1 FM; WATERBURY, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPKT (90.5 FM; MERIDEN, CT; Owner: CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WDRC-FM (102.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKCI-FM (101.3 FM; HAMDEN, CT; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Rockville:
  • WTIC-TV (Channel 61; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • W11BJ (Channel 11; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: COMMUNICATIONS SITE MANAGEMENT LLC)
  • WYDN (Channel 48; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV CORPORATION)
  • WUVN (Channel 18; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WTXX (Channel 20; WATERBURY, CT; Owner: WTXX INC.)
  • WVIT (Channel 30; NEW BRITAIN, CT; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WEDH (Channel 24; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WHPX (Channel 26; NEW LONDON, CT; Owner: PAXSON HARTFORD LICENSE, INC.)
  • WFSB (Channel 3; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
  • WHTX-LP (Channel 10; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WWLP (Channel 22; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: WWLP BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WRDM-LP (Channel 13; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ZGS HARTFORD, INC.)
  • WMLD-LP (Channel 6; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: HARVARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WHCT-LP (Channel 38; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, LLC)
  • W67DF (Channel 67; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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