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Rockwall, TX

49,605 Population
29.6 square miles 1,676.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$51,908 ±$3,240 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $44,447 ±$239
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$114,926 ±$7,422 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $87,155 ±$524
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

3.9% ±1.3% (1,903  ±643) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.6% 813,280 (±0.2% / ±15,012)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

31.1 minutes ±1.5 (643,320  ±44,959) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28 92,664,670 (±0.1 / ±504,659)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

17,954 ±478 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,825,878 ±4,240
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.7 ±0.1 (49,270  ±75) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,717,080
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

6.8% ±2% (839  ±254) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 108,624 (±0.2% / ±3,136)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

18,865 ±447 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,030,663 ±579
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$382,400 ±$13,497 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $330,300 ±$1,213
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

15% ±2.6% (7,327  ±1,275.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14% 1,081,801 (±0.2% / ±16,614.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

95.3% ±4.5% (31,745  ±1,596.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.3% 4,466,150 (±0.4% / ±18,768.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
49.2% ±3.2% (16,399  ±1,089.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 38.5% 1,968,490 (±0.2% / ±12,332.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

10.3% ±1.4% (5,117  ±673) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19% 1,484,398
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

6.8% ±1.1% (2,556  ±395) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.6% 324,151 (±0.1% / ±4,900)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
2,556 Total veterans ±395 2,215 Male ±367 341 Female ±153

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