Rockledge is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 20,123 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Rockledge is the 136th largest community in Florida.

Rockledge is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rockledge is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockledge who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.26%), sales jobs (12.45%), and management occupations (9.72%).

Also of interest is that Rockledge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Rockledge are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

For most residents of Rockledge, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 97.8% of people in Rockledge drive alone to work on most days, making Rockledge a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Rockledge's landscape.

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

Rockledge Information and Demographics

The education level of Rockledge citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 24.41% of adults in Rockledge have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Rockledge in 2000 was $20,700, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,800 for a family of four.

Rockledge is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rockledge home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rockledge is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rockledge include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Rockledge is English. Some people also speak Spanish.