It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Rockdale has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Rockdale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rockdale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rockdale may be for you.
Being a small city, Rockdale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Rockdale with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 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.
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.
