Fate vs Rockwall

A side-by-side comparison of Fate and Rockwall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockwall has the higher population (49,605 vs 20,757 in Fate). Fate has the higher median household income ($129,500 vs $114,926 in Rockwall). Rockwall has the higher median home value ($382,400 vs $361,100 in Fate).

Population, income & housing

	Fate	Rockwall
Population	20,757	49,605
Median age	31.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$129,500	$114,926
Median home value	$361,100	$382,400
Median gross rent	$2,528	$1,832
Housing units	6,480	18,865
Homeownership rate	88.8%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fate	Rockwall
Population	12,787 → 20,757 (+62.3%)	44,101 → 49,605 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$110,373 → $129,500 (+17.3%)	$95,653 → $114,926 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$256,800 → $361,100 (+40.6%)	$261,400 → $382,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,004 → $2,528 (+26.1%)	$1,295 → $1,832 (+41.5%)

Fate

Population

12,78720,757

Median household income

$110,373$129,500

Median home value

$256,800$361,100

Median gross rent

$2,004$2,528

Rockwall

Population

44,10149,605

Median household income

$95,653$114,926

Median home value

$261,400$382,400

Median gross rent

$1,295$1,832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fate	Rockwall
Under 5	7.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	25.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	19.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	8.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	4.5%	9.1%
75 and over	2.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fate	Rockwall
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	67.6%
Black or African American	11.2%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.7%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fate	Rockwall
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	20.0%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fate	Rockwall
Drove alone	72.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	19.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fate	Rockwall
1-unit, detached	99.6%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Fate	Rockwall
Poverty rate	3.8%	3.9%
Average household size	3.43	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	2013	2003