Rockdale is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,588 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rockdale is the 362nd largest community in Texas.

A relatively large number of people in Rockdale telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.50% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Rockdale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Rockdale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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

The citizens of Rockdale are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.99% of adults in Rockdale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Rockdale's cultural character, accounting for 16.92% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Rockdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.