Minnesota · Census place 2755078
Rockville, Minnesota
Rockville is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,471 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 237th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,471
- #237 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +3.5%
- +84 people
- Land area
- 28.7 sq mi
- + 1.75 sq mi water
- Density
- 86 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Rockville population, 2020 to 2024
Rockville added 84 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +30.
Rockville covers 28.68 square miles of land and 1.75 of water, for 86 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Rockville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Rockville is in
All of Rockville's residents live in Stearns County, which had 163,997 residents in 2024. Rockville holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rockville
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rockville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56301, 56320, 56369. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Rockville is
The Census internal point of Rockville is at 45.466000, -94.318900. Saint Paul, the capital, is 69.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waite Park, MN (8,504 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 61.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.466000, -94.318900
- DMS
- 45°27'57.60"N 94°19'8.04"W
- UTM
- 15N 396896.7E 5035565.2N
- Geohash
- cbhftsz4d
- Plus code
- 86Q7FM8J+CC
Daylight in Rockville
At 45.47° N, Rockville gets about 15 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rockville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Waite Park, 5.3 miles away, with 8,504 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rockville, MN?
2,471 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 84 (3.5%) from 2,387 in July 2020.
What county is Rockville in?
Stearns County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rockville?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 56301, 56320, 56369.
How far is Rockville from Saint Paul?
69.0 miles (111.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Rockville.
What is the nearest larger city to Rockville?
Waite Park, MN, with 8,504 residents, 5.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.