Rockport is a very small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,150 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Rockport is the 242nd largest community in Indiana.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Rockport is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.1% of the Rockport workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Rockport is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockport who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.51%), sales jobs (9.77%), and food service (7.92%).

Being a small city, Rockport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Rockport Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Rockport with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.22% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rockport in 2000 was $14,298, which is low income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $57,192 for a family of four.

The people who call Rockport home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rockport is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rockport include German, Irish, English, Italian, French, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Rockport is English.