Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Rockdale is worth considering.
Being a small city, Rockdale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Rockdale rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.99% of adults 25 and older in Rockdale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Rockdale in 2022 was $38,800, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,200 for a family of four. However, Rockdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rockdale is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rockdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rockdale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.69% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rockdale include German, English, Czech, Irish, and Scots-Irish.
Rockdale also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.92%.
The most common language spoken in Rockdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
