Gregg County vs Rockwall County

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

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

Gregg County has the higher population (124,860 vs 116,931 in Rockwall County). Rockwall County has the higher median household income ($124,917 vs $64,809 in Gregg County). Rockwall County has the higher median home value ($386,000 vs $185,800 in Gregg County).

Population, income & housing

	Gregg County	Rockwall County
Population	124,860	116,931
Median age	35.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,809	$124,917
Median home value	$185,800	$386,000
Median gross rent	$1,072	$1,899
Housing units	53,590	41,426
Homeownership rate	59.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gregg County	Rockwall County
Population	123,443 → 124,860 (+1.1%)	97,175 → 116,931 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$50,180 → $64,809 (+29.2%)	$100,920 → $124,917 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $185,800 (+35.9%)	$266,200 → $386,000 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,072 (+25.4%)	$1,429 → $1,899 (+32.9%)

Gregg County

Population

123,443124,860

Median household income

$50,180$64,809

Median home value

$136,700$185,800

Median gross rent

$855$1,072

Rockwall County

Population

97,175116,931

Median household income

$100,920$124,917

Median home value

$266,200$386,000

Median gross rent

$1,429$1,899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gregg County	Rockwall County
Under 5	6.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.8%
75 and over	6.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gregg County	Rockwall County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	64.9%
Black or African American	19.2%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gregg County	Rockwall County
No high school diploma	13.2%	5.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gregg County	Rockwall County
Drove alone	82.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	17.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gregg County	Rockwall County
1-unit, detached	63.7%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	7.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Gregg County	Rockwall County
Poverty rate	17.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1980	2005