Heath vs Rockwall

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

Heath 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 10,218 in Heath). Heath has the higher median household income ($216,160 vs $114,926 in Rockwall). Heath has the higher median home value ($681,500 vs $382,400 in Rockwall).

Population, income & housing

	Heath	Rockwall
Population	10,218	49,605
Median age	43.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$216,160	$114,926
Median home value	$681,500	$382,400
Median gross rent	$1,854	$1,832
Housing units	3,466	18,865
Homeownership rate	95.3%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heath	Rockwall
Population	8,709 → 10,218 (+17.3%)	44,101 → 49,605 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$155,781 → $216,160 (+38.8%)	$95,653 → $114,926 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$484,600 → $681,500 (+40.6%)	$261,400 → $382,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,993 → $1,854 (-7.0%)	$1,295 → $1,832 (+41.5%)

Heath

Population

8,70910,218

Median household income

$155,781$216,160

Median home value

$484,600$681,500

Median gross rent

$1,993$1,854

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)

	Heath	Rockwall
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.1%
75 and over	5.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heath	Rockwall
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heath	Rockwall
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	13.0%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heath	Rockwall
Drove alone	66.8%	72.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	19.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heath	Rockwall
1-unit, detached	97.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Heath	Rockwall
Poverty rate	2.4%	3.9%
Average household size	2.99	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	2001	2003