Rockdale vs Thorndale

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

Rockdale and Thorndale 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 1,295 in Thorndale). Thorndale has the higher median household income ($62,857 vs $47,550 in Rockdale). Rockdale has the higher median home value ($164,300 vs $139,400 in Thorndale).

Population, income & housing

	Rockdale	Thorndale
Population	5,455	1,295
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,550	$62,857
Median home value	$164,300	$139,400
Median gross rent	$1,013	$923
Housing units	2,582	706
Homeownership rate	67.1%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockdale	Thorndale
Population	5,531 → 5,455 (-1.4%)	1,407 → 1,295 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$39,598 → $47,550 (+20.1%)	$58,917 → $62,857 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $164,300 (+74.2%)	$87,800 → $139,400 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$802 → $1,013 (+26.3%)	$633 → $923 (+45.8%)

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

Thorndale

Population

1,4071,295

Median household income

$58,917$62,857

Median home value

$87,800$139,400

Median gross rent

$633$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockdale	Thorndale
Under 5	6.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	17.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.4%
75 and over	6.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockdale	Thorndale
White (non-Hispanic)	53.6%	62.9%
Black or African American	7.0%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	37.7%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockdale	Thorndale
No high school diploma	20.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	43.3%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockdale	Thorndale
Drove alone	66.4%	86.5%
Carpooled	14.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	4.7%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockdale	Thorndale
1-unit, detached	75.9%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Rockdale	Thorndale
Poverty rate	16.8%	7.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1974	1967