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.
Rockdale is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
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.
