Gause vs Rockdale

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

Gause 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 376 in Gause). Gause has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $164,300 in Rockdale). Since 2019, Gause's population has grown faster (+45.7% vs -1.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Gause	Rockdale
Population	376	5,455
Median age	28.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,550
Median home value	$275,000	$164,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,013
Housing units	159	2,582
Homeownership rate	75.7%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gause	Rockdale
Population	258 → 376 (+45.7%)	5,531 → 5,455 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$21,908 → $21,799 (-0.5%)	$39,598 → $47,550 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $275,000 (+101.5%)	$94,300 → $164,300 (+74.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$802 → $1,013 (+26.3%)

Gause

Population

258376

Median household income

$21,908$21,799

Median home value

$136,500$275,000

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)

	Gause	Rockdale
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	27.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	21.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	1.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.2%
75 and over	1.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gause	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	53.6%
Black or African American	10.4%	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	0.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	37.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gause	Rockdale
No high school diploma	2.4%	20.9%
High school graduate	42.7%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gause	Rockdale
Drove alone	90.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gause	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	96.9%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Gause	Rockdale
Poverty rate	9.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1938	1974