Milano vs Rockdale

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

Milano 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 555 in Milano). Milano has the higher median household income ($65,357 vs $47,550 in Rockdale). Rockdale has the higher median home value ($164,300 vs $80,300 in Milano).

Population, income & housing

	Milano	Rockdale
Population	555	5,455
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,357	$47,550
Median home value	$80,300	$164,300
Median gross rent	$497	$1,013
Housing units	276	2,582
Homeownership rate	83.7%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milano	Rockdale
Population	488 → 555 (+13.7%)	5,531 → 5,455 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$51,705 → $65,357 (+26.4%)	$39,598 → $47,550 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $80,300 (+23.5%)	$94,300 → $164,300 (+74.2%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $497 (+12.2%)	$802 → $1,013 (+26.3%)

Milano

Population

488555

Median household income

$51,705$65,357

Median home value

$65,000$80,300

Median gross rent

$443$497

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)

	Milano	Rockdale
Under 5	5.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	20.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	5.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	23.8%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.2%
75 and over	3.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milano	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	53.6%
Black or African American	35.1%	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	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	37.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milano	Rockdale
No high school diploma	16.2%	20.9%
High school graduate	33.6%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milano	Rockdale
Drove alone	94.3%	66.4%
Carpooled	2.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	10.5%
Other means	1.1%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milano	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	53.3%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	40.6%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Milano	Rockdale
Poverty rate	11.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1965	1974