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Rock Island, TX

414 Population
5 square miles 82.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±10.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado County: 43.3 ±0.9
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,657 ±$4,936 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Colorado County: $36,990 ±$2,895
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,149 ±$8,239 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado County: $66,377 † ±$6,733
  • about half the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.9% ±9.9% (37  ±47) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado County: 10.7% † 2,199 (±2.5% / ±506)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

60.3 minutes ±36.2 (7,655  ±7,210) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in Colorado County: 25.7 221,825 (±2.5 / ±25,642)
  • more than double the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • more than double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

187 ±104 Number of households
  • Colorado County: 7,937 ±335
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.6 (414  ±258) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado County: 2.6 20,598 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

252 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Colorado County: 10,102 ±16
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,800 ±$115,851 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado County: $209,800 ±$17,871
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

92.2% ±70.6% (285  ±141.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado County: 89.6% 12,998 (±5.4% / ±809.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.4% ±12.3% (32  ±42.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Colorado County: 22.9% † 3,327 (±2.9% / ±419.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

11.6% ±7.5% (37  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Colorado County: 5.8% † 936 (±1.1% / ±177)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
37 Total veterans ±32 30 Male ±31 7 Female ±11

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