Mobile City vs Rockwall

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

Mobile City 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 316 in Mobile City). Rockwall has the higher median home value ($382,400 vs $22,300 in Mobile City). Since 2019, Mobile City's population has grown faster (+152.8% vs +12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Mobile City	Rockwall
Population	316	49,605
Median age	19.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$114,926
Median home value	$22,300	$382,400
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,832
Housing units	130	18,865
Homeownership rate	33.3%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mobile City	Rockwall
Population	125 → 316 (+152.8%)	44,101 → 49,605 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $40,272 (+16.5%)	$95,653 → $114,926 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$17,000 → $22,300 (+31.2%)	$261,400 → $382,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,162 (+37.5%)	$1,295 → $1,832 (+41.5%)

Mobile City

Population

125316

Median household income

$34,583$40,272

Median home value

$17,000$22,300

Median gross rent

$845$1,162

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)

	Mobile City	Rockwall
Under 5	16.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	33.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	24.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	0.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	0.6%	9.1%
75 and over	0.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mobile City	Rockwall
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	95.3%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mobile City	Rockwall
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	50.0%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mobile City	Rockwall
Drove alone	75.3%	72.4%
Carpooled	21.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mobile City	Rockwall
1-unit, detached	4.6%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	95.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Mobile City	Rockwall
Poverty rate	54.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	39	31
Median year structure built	1986	2003