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Population (year 2000): 44,503. Estimated
population in July 2005: 53,664 (+20.6% change)
Males: 21,998 (49.4%), Females: 22,505 (50.6%)
Dallas County
Zip codes:
75088,
75089.
Median resident age: 32.8 years
Median household income: $70,947 (year 2000)
Median house value: $116,900 (year 2000)
Races in Rowlett:
- White Non-Hispanic (77.3%)
- Black (9.0%)
- Hispanic (8.8%)
- Other race (3.5%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
- Vietnamese (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Asian Indian (0.8%)
- Filipino (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (13.3%), Irish (11.5%),
English (9.9%), United States (9.9%), French (3.0%), Italian
(2.5%).
Land area: 20.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rowlett
- High school or higher: 92.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 32.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.4%
- Unemployed: 2.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 32.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rowlett city
- Never married: 16.4%
- Now married: 71.8%
- Separated: 1.1%
- Widowed: 3.2%
- Divorced: 7.5%
6.4% Foreign born (2.8% Asia, 2.0% Latin
America, 0.7% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +21,156
(+90.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Rowlett:
- LAKE POINTE MEDICAL CENTER (6800 SCENIC DR)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Rowlett:
- BARIATRIC CARE CENTER OF TEXAS (about 8 miles;
WYLIE, TX)
- MESQUITE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 9 miles;
MESQUITE, TX)
- BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT GARLAND (about 9 miles;
GARLAND, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rowlett:
- DALLAS LOVE FIELD (about 22 miles; DALLAS, TX; ID:
DAL)
- DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL (about 34 miles;
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX; ID: DFW)
- FORT WORTH ALLIANCE (about 54 miles; FORT WORTH, TX;
ID: AFW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rowlett:
- ROCKWALL MUNI (about 8 miles; ROCKWALL, TX; ID: F46)
- GARLAND/DFW HELOPLEX (about 10 miles; GARLAND, TX;
ID: T57)
- MESQUITE METRO (about 13 miles; MESQUITE, TX; ID:
HQZ)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rowlett:
- EASTFIELD COLLEGE (about 9 miles; MESQUITE, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 4,457)
- RICHLAND COLLEGE (about 14 miles; DALLAS, TX; FT
enrollment: 7,352)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS (about 15 miles;
RICHARDSON, TX; FT enrollment: 7,695)
- SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles;
DALLAS, TX; FT enrollment: 8,231)
- EL CENTRO COLLEGE (about 20 miles; DALLAS, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,359)
- BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE (about 20 miles; FARMERS BRANCH,
TX; FT enrollment: 4,711)
- COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CENTRAL PARK (about
23 miles; MCKINNEY, TX; FT enrollment: 7,514)
Public high school in Rowlett:
- ROWLETT H S (Students: 2,567; Location: 4700
KIRBY RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Rowlett:
- ROWLETT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 230;
Location: 8200 SCHRADE RD; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Rowlett:
- VERNON SCHRADE MIDDLE (Students: 1,268;
Location: 6201 DANBRIDGE RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- COYLE MIDDLE (Students: 1,241; Location: 4500
SKYLINE DR; Grades: 06 - 08)
- CULLINS-LAKE POINTE EL (Students: 918;
Location: 5701 SCENIC DR; Grades: PK - 06)
- KEELEY EL (Students: 902; Location: 8700
LIBERTY GROVE RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- NORMA DORSEY EL (Students: 798; Location:
6200 DEXHAM RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- HERFURTH EL (Students: 762; Location: 7500
MILLER RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- KATHERINE STEPHENS EL (Students: 749;
Location: 3700 CHEYENNE DR; Grades: PK - 05)
- STEADHAM EL (Students: 742; Location: 6200
DANRIDGE RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- ROWLETT EL (Students: 714; Location: 3315
CARLA DR; Grades: PK - 05)
- BACK EL (Students: 710; Location: 7300
BLUEBONNET DR; Grades: PK - 05)
Library in Rowlett:
- ROWLETT PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$763,637; Location: 3900 MAIN ST; 52,342 books; 1,490
audio materials; 2,859 video materials; 128 serial
subscriptions)
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