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Population (year 2000): 5,439. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,048 (+11.2% change)
Males: 2,567 (47.2%), Females: 2,872 (52.8%)
Zip code:
76567
Median resident age: 36.0 years
Median household income: $34,612 (year 2000)
Median house value: $46,300 (year 2000)
Races in Rockdale:
- White Non-Hispanic (62.8%)
- Hispanic (21.9%)
- Black (14.3%)
- Other race (12.2%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (13.7%), German
(11.7%), Irish (8.2%), English (8.1%), Scottish (2.9%), Czech
(2.2%).
Land area: 3.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rockdale
- High school or higher: 69.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
- Unemployed: 3.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rockdale city
- Never married: 15.6%
- Now married: 63.4%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 8.0%
- Divorced: 10.9%
5.6% Foreign born (4.4% Latin America, 0.6%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -183 (-3.3%).
Hospital/medical center in Rockdale:
- RICHARDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (1700 BRAZOS ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Rockdale:
- CENTRAL TEXAS HOSP (about 14 miles; CAMERON, TX)
- BURLESON ST JOSEPH HEALTH CENTER (about 26 miles;
CALDWELL, TX)
- JOHNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 29 miles; TAYLOR,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rockdale:
- DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL (about 44
miles; TEMPLE, TX; ID: TPL)
- EASTERWOOD FIELD (about 46 miles; COLLEGE STATION,
TX; ID: CLL)
- KILLEEN MUNI (about 56 miles; KILLEEN, TX; ID: ILE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rockdale:
- H H COFFIELD REGIONAL (about 4 miles; ROCKDALE, TX;
ID: RCK)
- CAMERON MUNI AIRPARK (about 15 miles; CAMERON, TX;
ID: T35)
- CALDWELL MUNI (about 24 miles; CALDWELL, TX; ID:
14R)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rockdale:
- TEMPLE COLLEGE (about 39 miles; TEMPLE, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 2,054)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (about 44 miles;
BELTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,257)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles; COLLEGE
STATION, TX; FT enrollment: 41,117)
- BLINN COLLEGE (about 53 miles; BRENHAM, TX; FT
enrollment: 8,448)
- AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 54 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; FT enrollment: 12,819)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (about 57 miles;
AUSTIN, TX; FT enrollment: 46,503)
- SAINT EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; AUSTIN,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,870)
Public high school in Rockdale:
- ROCKDALE H S (Students: 528; Location: 520
DAVILLA; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Rockdale:
- ROCKDALE EL (Students: 922; Location: 520
DAVILLA; Grades: PK - 05)
- ROCKDALE J H (Students: 407; Location: 520
DAVILLA; Grades: 06 - 08)
- ROCKDALE REGIONAL JUVENILE JUSTICE (Students:
25; Location: 520 DAVILLA; Grades: 05 - 12)
Private primary/middle school in Rockdale:
- NEW LIFE IN CHRIST CHRIS ACAD (Students: 6;
Location: 115 WEST CAMERON PO BOX 663; Grades: PK - 6)
Library in Rockdale:
- LUCY HILL PATTERSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
(Operating income: $94,868; Location: 201 ACKERMAN ST;
28,396 books; 945 audio materials; 336 video materials;
14 serial subscriptions)
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