County population in 2014: 87,809 (84% urban, 16% rural); it was 43,080 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 17,968 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 3,918 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 12,010 Renter-occupied apartments: 4,562 (it was 2,520 in 2000)
% of renters here:
17%
State:
36%
Land area: 129 sq. mi.
Water area: 19.9 sq. mi.
Population density: 682 people per square mile (high).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Rockwall County: 94.4 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)
Industries providing employment: Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing (19.9%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (19.8%), Retail trade (13.8%), Educational, health and social services (11.7%).
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2013: $3,597 (2.1%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2013: $3,596 (2.1%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2013: 6.0%
(4.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 17.0% for Black residents, 9.8% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 4.3% for American Indian residents, 13.9% for other race residents, 7.8% for two or more races residents)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2013: 6.0%
Rockwall County:
6.0%
Texas:
17.5%
(4.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 17.2% for Black residents, 9.4% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 3.4% for American Indian residents, 13.1% for other race residents, 7.8% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2013: 36 years old
(Males: 36 years old, Females: 36 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 39 years old, Black residents: 33 years old, American Indian residents: 41 years old, Asian residents: 34 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 26 years old, Other race residents: 48 years old)
Area name: Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rockwall County is $607 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $733 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $954 a month.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Rockwall County: Sand Flat Community Center (A), Henderson County Clint W Murchison Memorial Library (B), Southwest Rains Volunteer Fire Department (C), Rockey Point Center (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Rockwall County include: Prairie Grove Church (A), Prospect Church (B), County Line Church (C), Richland Baptist Church (D), Dunbar Union Church (E), Woosky Church (F), Clarks Chapel (G), Bois D'Arc Church (H), Church of the Living God (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Slatter Cemetery (1), Robertson-Henrys Chapel Cemetery (2), Lone Star Cemetery (3), Richland-Benton Hill Cemetery (4), Burke-Yandell Cemetery (5), Parks Cemetery (6), Campbell Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Twin Lakes (A), Holcomb Lake (B), Flag Pond (C), Fish Lake (D), Highland Lake (E), Montgomery Lake (F), Hauak Lake (G), Greenes Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Brushy Creek (A), Brickkiln Branch (B), White Oak Branch (C), Bee Branch (D), Sticky Branch (E), Bear Creek (F), Simpkins Creek (G), Schoolhouse Branch (H), Sand Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Current college students: 1,854 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.7% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 32.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 3,364 (39% naturalized citizens)
Rockwall County:
7.8%
Whole state:
13.9%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
1995 to March 2000: 692
1990 to 1994: 833
1985 to 1989: 433
1980 to 1984: 425
1975 to 1979: 439
1970 to 1974: 190
1970 to 1974: 175
1965 to 1969: 177
Mean travel time to work (commute): 32.0 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 33.9%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 12,111
One, attached: 485
Two: 122
3 or 4: 246
5 to 9: 602
10 to 19: 266
20 or more: 237
Mobile homes: 1,280
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Housing units in Rockwall County with a mortgage: 8,027 (559 second mortgage, 390 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,275
Here:
0.0% with mortgage
State:
64.2% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Rockwall County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Evangelical Protestant
47,563
58
Catholic
9,619
1
Mainline Protestant
5,337
9
Other
1,279
3
Black Protestant
338
2
None
14,201
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Rockwall County Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 7
Rockwall County:
0.95 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Here:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 4
This county:
0.54 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
1.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 23
Rockwall County:
3.12 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
3.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 57
This county:
7.73 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.13 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Rockwall County:
8.0%
Texas:
8.9%
Adult obesity rate:
Rockwall County:
26.8%
State:
26.6%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
14.3%
State:
15.7%
Agriculture in Rockwall County:
Average size of farms: 121 acres Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $7,790 Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $74.44 The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.81% The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 64.86% Average total farm production expenses per farm: $10,071 Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 30.50% Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.73% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $38,090 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.84% Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 15.56 Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.60% All wheat for grain: 3102 harvested acres Soybeans for beans: 1134 harvested acres Land in orchards: 79 acres
Tornado activity:
Rockwall County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 1227213.1 times below overall U.S. average. On 10/18/1993, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Rockwall County-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Texas state average. It is 78% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/16/1978 at 11:46:54, a magnitude 5.3 (4.4 MB, 4.6 UK, 5.3 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 251.5 miles away from Rockwall County center On 9/6/1997 at 23:38:00, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 LG, 4.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 120.8 miles away from the county center On 1/18/1995 at 15:51:39, a magnitude 4.2 (4.0 LG, 4.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 145.0 miles away from the county center On 4/28/1998 at 14:13:01, a magnitude 4.2 (3.9 MB, 4.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 172.2 miles away from the county center On 4/14/1995 at 00:32:56, a magnitude 5.7 (5.6 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.7 MW, Depth: 11.1 mi) earthquake occurred 447.1 miles away from Rockwall County center On 5/31/1997 at 03:26:41, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 32.9 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
TexasWildfires, Incident Period: March 14, 2008 to September 1, 2008, Emergency Declared (EM-3284): March 14, 2008, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3284, Natural disaster type: Fire
TexasHurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-1606): September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-1606, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
TexasHurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 20, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Emergency Declared (EM-3261): September 21, 2005, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3261, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
TexasHurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 1, 2005, Emergency Declared (EM-3216): September 2, 2005, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3216, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
TexasLoss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, Incident Period: February 1, 2003, Emergency Declared (EM-3171): February 1, 2003, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3171, Natural disaster type: Other
TexasExtreme Fire Hazards, Incident Period: August 1, 1999 to December 10, 1999, Emergency Declared (EM-3142): September 1, 1999, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3142, Natural disaster type: Fire
TexasExtreme Fire Hazard, Incident Period: August 30, 1993 to November 15, 1993, Emergency Declared (EM-3113): September 10, 1993, FEMA Id: FEMA-EM-3113, Natural disaster type: Fire
TexasSEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, FLOODING, Incident Period: May 4, 1989 to June 7, 1989, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-828): May 19, 1989, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-828, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
TexasSEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: May 12, 1966, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-218): May 12, 1966, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-218, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
The number of natural disasters in Rockwall County (9) is smaller than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 3 Emergencies Declared: 6
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Office and administrative support occupations (5%)
Office and administrative support occupations (16%)
Education, training, and library occupations (13%)
Business and financial operations occupations (12%)
Sales and related occupations (8%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (8%)
Management occupations (7%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico (58%)
India (5%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Philippines (3%)
Cambodia (2%)
Canada (2%)
Vietnam (2%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rockwall County (%):
United States or American (17%)
German (13%)
English (12%)
Irish (10%)
Italian (2%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
Scottish (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 17,623 (83%)
Carpooled: 2,287 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 178 (1%)
Motorcycle: 11 (0%)
Walked: 159 (1%)
Other means: 64 (0%)
Worked at home: 895 (4%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
People in group quarters in Rockwall County, Texas in 2000:
512 people in nursing homes
76 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
10 people in unknown juvenile institutions
10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
492 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
167 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilitiesAverage gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $81,467.
10.89% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($55,944 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
10.89%
Texas average:
7.14%
0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($389 average AGI)
Rockwall County:
0.06%
Texas average:
0.08%
8.58% relocated from other counties in Texas ($42,597 average AGI)
2.24% relocated from other states ($12,959 average AGI)
Rockwall County:
2.24%
Texas average:
2.49%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Rockwall County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 6,531 (5,743 aged, 788 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 3,887 (17%)
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Aged persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Disabled persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Most common underlying causes of death in Rockwall County, Texas in 1999 - 2014:
Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (500)
Atherosclerotic heart disease (400)
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (382)
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (175)
Congestive heart failure (148)
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (138)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13% Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1452.080 Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 603.710 Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 3.18
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 48.42 Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 74.67
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 12.71 Beer, wine & liquor stores per 100,000 population in 2005: 1
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 124.9. This is more than state average.
Mechanisms of suicide:
Deaths per 1,000,000 population:
Firearm - 75.4
Other - 49.4
Household type by relationship:
Households: 77,678
In family households: 71,461 (16,531 male householders, 4,806 female householders)
17,816 spouses, 26,890 children (24,591 natural, 717 adopted, 1,582 stepchildren), 1,402 grandchildren, 531 brothers or sisters, 729 parents, 902 other relatives, 1,235 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,217 (2,335 male householders (1,825 living alone)), 2,776 female householders (2,415 living alone)), 1,106 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 659 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 7,587 2-persons, 4,794 3-persons, 5,113 4-persons, 2,434 5-persons, 948 6-persons, 461 7-or-more-persons.
10,457 married couples with children.
1,638 single-parent households (450 men, 1,188 women).
87.4% of residents of Rockwall County speak English at home.
9.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $206,676,000 ($3547 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $53,172,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $87,193,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $25,048,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $786,000 Federal grants: $35,674,000 Federal procurement contracts: $51,161,000 ($44,723,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $6,815,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $1,653,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $97,554,000 Federal Government insurance: $25,363,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 4,081
Here:
65 per 1000 residents
State:
85 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 1,659
Here:
26 per 1000 residents
State:
35 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +545
Here:
+9 per 1000 residents
State:
+29 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: +17,074
Here:
+271 per 1000 residents
State:
+10 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Rockwall County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
6.8
State:
5.8
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
4.4
State:
3.8
Year house built
2005 or later: 1,822
2000 to 2004: 12,502
1990 to 1999: 6,854
1980 to 1989: 4,379
1970 to 1979: 2,503
1960 to 1969: 1,207
1950 to 1959: 113
1940 to 1949: 0
1939 or earlier: 478
Rooms in houses/apartments in Rockwall County, Texas
47% of Rockwall County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Texas.
Rockwall County:
47.4%
State average:
51.6%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 26059
Northeast: 1824
Midwest: 4735
South: 4782
West: 1960
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $152,400
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%
Year Householders Moved Into Unit
Most commonly used house heating fuel in Rockwall County
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