Rockwall vs Royse City

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

Rockwall and Royse City 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 17,357 in Royse City). Royse City has the higher median household income ($116,424 vs $114,926 in Rockwall). Rockwall has the higher median home value ($382,400 vs $288,400 in Royse City).

Population, income & housing

	Rockwall	Royse City
Population	49,605	17,357
Median age	39.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$114,926	$116,424
Median home value	$382,400	$288,400
Median gross rent	$1,832	$2,108
Housing units	18,865	6,185
Homeownership rate	74.7%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockwall	Royse City
Population	44,101 → 49,605 (+12.5%)	12,982 → 17,357 (+33.7%)
Median household income	$95,653 → $114,926 (+20.1%)	$82,860 → $116,424 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$261,400 → $382,400 (+46.3%)	$188,700 → $288,400 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,295 → $1,832 (+41.5%)	$1,589 → $2,108 (+32.7%)

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

Royse City

Population

12,98217,357

Median household income

$82,860$116,424

Median home value

$188,700$288,400

Median gross rent

$1,589$2,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockwall	Royse City
Under 5	6.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	16.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	6.3%
75 and over	6.2%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockwall	Royse City
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	62.7%
Black or African American	7.8%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockwall	Royse City
No high school diploma	4.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	16.2%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockwall	Royse City
Drove alone	72.4%	73.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	15.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockwall	Royse City
1-unit, detached	78.7%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	7.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Rockwall	Royse City
Poverty rate	3.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	2003	2007