Buckholts vs Rockdale

A side-by-side comparison of Buckholts and Rockdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockdale has the higher population (5,455 vs 410 in Buckholts). Rockdale has the higher median household income ($47,550 vs $33,462 in Buckholts). Rockdale has the higher median home value ($164,300 vs $56,700 in Buckholts).

Population, income & housing

	Buckholts	Rockdale
Population	410	5,455
Median age	30.0 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,462	$47,550
Median home value	$56,700	$164,300
Median gross rent	$710	$1,013
Housing units	200	2,582
Homeownership rate	60.5%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckholts	Rockdale
Population	417 → 410 (-1.7%)	5,531 → 5,455 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$41,528 → $33,462 (-19.4%)	$39,598 → $47,550 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $56,700 (+4.6%)	$94,300 → $164,300 (+74.2%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $710 (+60.3%)	$802 → $1,013 (+26.3%)

Buckholts

Population

417410

Median household income

$41,528$33,462

Median home value

$54,200$56,700

Median gross rent

$443$710

Rockdale

Population

5,5315,455

Median household income

$39,598$47,550

Median home value

$94,300$164,300

Median gross rent

$802$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckholts	Rockdale
Under 5	13.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	17.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	5.4%	12.2%
75 and over	4.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckholts	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	42.0%	53.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	37.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckholts	Rockdale
No high school diploma	20.2%	20.9%
High school graduate	46.1%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckholts	Rockdale
Drove alone	76.7%	66.4%
Carpooled	22.3%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckholts	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	55.0%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	35.5%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Buckholts	Rockdale
Poverty rate	53.4%	16.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1990	1974