Cedar Hill vs Rowlett

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Hill and Rowlett: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Hill and Rowlett are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rowlett has the higher population (64,139 vs 48,547 in Cedar Hill). Rowlett has the higher median household income ($113,600 vs $90,608 in Cedar Hill). Rowlett has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $273,200 in Cedar Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Hill	Rowlett
Population	48,547	64,139
Median age	35.0 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,608	$113,600
Median home value	$273,200	$342,400
Median gross rent	$1,878	$1,964
Housing units	17,029	22,511
Homeownership rate	69.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Hill	Rowlett
Population	48,560 → 48,547 (-0.0%)	63,793 → 64,139 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$72,463 → $90,608 (+25.0%)	$101,085 → $113,600 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $273,200 (+61.8%)	$228,800 → $342,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,374 → $1,878 (+36.7%)	$1,627 → $1,964 (+20.7%)

Cedar Hill

Population

48,56048,547

Median household income

$72,463$90,608

Median home value

$168,800$273,200

Median gross rent

$1,374$1,878

Rowlett

Population

63,79364,139

Median household income

$101,085$113,600

Median home value

$228,800$342,400

Median gross rent

$1,627$1,964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Hill	Rowlett
Under 5	5.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.6%
75 and over	2.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Hill	Rowlett
White (non-Hispanic)	16.2%	46.7%
Black or African American	49.6%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Hill	Rowlett
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	23.2%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Hill	Rowlett
Drove alone	74.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.7%	1.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	15.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Hill	Rowlett
1-unit, detached	81.1%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Hill	Rowlett
Poverty rate	10.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.94	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1994	1997