About Rockville

Rockville is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 2,774 people and just one neighborhood, Rockville is the 219th largest community in Virginia.

Unlike some towns , Rockville isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rockville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rockville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockville who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.99%), management occupations (10.90%), and sales jobs (8.60%).

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

Rockville is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Rockville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.12% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Rockville Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Rockville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.51% of adults in Rockville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Rockville in 2000 was $27,742, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,968 for a family of four. However, Rockville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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