Rockdale is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,529 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rockdale is the 362nd largest community in Texas.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.73% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

In Rockdale, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.40 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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: 16.25% of adults in Rockdale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Rockdale in 2022 was $37,086, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,344 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 37.17% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rockdale include German, English, Irish, Czech, and French.

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