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Rockwall, TX

51,168 Population
29.6 square miles 1,729.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$52,156 ±$3,485 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $45,949 ±$264
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$115,580 ±$6,323 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $90,275 ±$491
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

4% ±1.1% (2,006  ±575) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.5% 825,217 (±0.2% / ±14,724)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

31.8 minutes ±1.6 (664,765  ±46,434) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 27.9 92,503,450 (±0.1 / ±507,287)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

18,273 ±430 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,891,725 ±5,313
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.8 ±0.1 (50,790  ±47) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,891,743 (±0 / ±970)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

6.4% ±2% (798  ±254) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 110,097 (±0.2% / ±3,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

19,328 ±372 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,096,731 ±1,158
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$411,700 ±$16,755 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $359,500 ±$1,198
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

14% ±2.4% (7,065  ±1,200.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 13.8% 1,085,700 (±0.2% / ±17,142.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

96% ±4.5% (33,099  ±1,682) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.6% 4,599,783 (±0.4% / ±19,177.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
48.6% ±3.3% (16,763  ±1,176.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 39.4% 2,067,948 (±0.2% / ±12,244)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

9.7% ±1.3% (4,953  ±664) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19.4% 1,550,131
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

6.6% ±1.2% (2,539  ±484) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 325,572 (±0.1% / ±4,454)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
2,539 Total veterans ±484 2,176 Male ±465 363 Female ±145

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