Overview
Rockwall is the city of Rockwall County, Texas (USA). Dallas is a suburb of the city and that part of the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex. Population of 17,976 at 2000 census. It is the county seat Rockwall County.
It is 6,605 households, of which 39.4% were under the age of 18 living with them, 66.8% were married couples living together, 8.7% were women householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.06.
In fact, the population of the city spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% 18-24, 30.9% 25-44, 25.1% in the 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older . The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, was 92.1 for men.
The average income for a household in the city was $ 65,411 and the median income for a family was $ 75,121. Males had an average income $ 55,370 versus $ 35,139 for females. Per capital income in the city was $ 29,843. Approximately 3.2% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% under the age of 18 and 3.0% of those 65 or more.