Richardson vs Rowlett

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

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

Richardson has the higher population (118,269 vs 64,139 in Rowlett). Rowlett has the higher median household income ($113,600 vs $96,257 in Richardson). Richardson has the higher median home value ($405,600 vs $342,400 in Rowlett).

Population, income & housing

	Richardson	Rowlett
Population	118,269	64,139
Median age	34.0 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,257	$113,600
Median home value	$405,600	$342,400
Median gross rent	$1,825	$1,964
Housing units	47,827	22,511
Homeownership rate	50.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.2%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richardson	Rowlett
Population	116,432 → 118,269 (+1.6%)	63,793 → 64,139 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$85,678 → $96,257 (+12.3%)	$101,085 → $113,600 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$274,200 → $405,600 (+47.9%)	$228,800 → $342,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,825 (+30.1%)	$1,627 → $1,964 (+20.7%)

Richardson

Population

116,432118,269

Median household income

$85,678$96,257

Median home value

$274,200$405,600

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,825

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)

	Richardson	Rowlett
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	13.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.6%
75 and over	5.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richardson	Rowlett
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	46.7%
Black or African American	12.6%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	15.7%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richardson	Rowlett
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	11.9%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richardson	Rowlett
Drove alone	63.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.2%
Public transit	2.4%	1.4%
Walked	2.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.2%	15.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richardson	Rowlett
1-unit, detached	54.1%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	25.3%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Richardson	Rowlett
Poverty rate	10.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1985	1997