Rockville, MD

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2024 Population

67,671

US Senator

Chris Van Hollen

Democratic Party

US Senator

Angela Alsobrooks

Democratic Party

2024 Median Age

39.6

0.508% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

7.64%

3.4% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$128,649

5.12% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$682,300

3.65% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

36,033

0.505% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Rockville, MD reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

83.4% of the residents in Rockville, MD are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Rockville, MD are Montgomery College (2,753 degrees awarded in 2024).

In 2024, the median property value in Rockville, MD was $682,300, and the homeownership rate was 52.6%.

Most people in Rockville, MD drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 30.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Rockville, MD was 2 cars per household.

About the photo: Courthouse Square, in Rockville, MD with the historic Red Brick Courthouse (1891, Frank E. Davis) in the background.

Photo by Mr.TinDC

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Population & Diversity

Rockville, MD is home to a population of 67.7k people, from which 83.4% are citizens. As of 2024, 35.4% of Rockville, MD residents were born outside of the country (24k people).

In 2024, there were 1.96 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (29.3k people) in Rockville, MD than any other race or ethnicity. There were 15k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 7.46k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

83.4%

2024 Citizenship

82.8%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 83.4% of Rockville, MD residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Rockville, MD was 82.8%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Rockville, MD compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Rockville, MD

White (Non-Hispanic)
29.3k ± 1.34k
Asian (Non-Hispanic)
15k ± 1.29k
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
7.46k ± 1.05k

18.1%

Hispanic Population

12.2k people

18.1% of the people in Rockville, MD are hispanic (12.2k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Rockville, MD as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Maryland.

Most Common Origin

El Salvador
133,677 ± 8,879 people
India
61,989 ± 6,082 people
Nigeria
50,832 ± 5,513 people

In 2024, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Maryland was El Salvador, the natal country of 133,677 Maryland residents, followed by India with 61,989 and Nigeria with 50,832.

Foreign-Born Population

35.4%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

24k people

34.7%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

23.3k people

As of 2024, 35.4% of Rockville, MD residents (24k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Rockville, MD was 34.7%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Rockville, MD compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Gulf War (2001-)
1,021 ± 329
Vietnam
613 ± 265
Gulf War (1990s)
241 ± 138

Rockville, MD has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.67 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Rockville, MD.

Health

94.7% of the population of Rockville, MD has health coverage, with 58.5% on employee plans, 10.6% on Medicaid, 11.3% on Medicare, 12.8% on non-group plans, and 1.42% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Maryland see 1,179 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,179 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1238 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 273 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.5% were men and 52.5% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.7% under 18 years, 21.4% between 18 and 34 years, 38.5% between 35 and 64 years, and 18.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.5% were men and 52.5% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

5.35%

Uninsured

58.5%

Employer Coverage

10.6%

Medicaid

11.3%

Medicare

12.8%

Non-Group

1.42%

Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Rockville, MD declined by 2.75% from 5.5% to 5.35%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Rockville, MD changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Economy

The economy of Rockville, MD employs 36k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Rockville, MD were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (7,571 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (4,489 people), and Public Administration (4,444 people), and the highest paying industries were Public Administration ($123,664), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($111,045), and Information ($110,240).

Employment

Occupations

36k

2024 Value

± 1,573

0.505%

1 Year growth

± 6.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Rockville, MD grew at a rate of 0.505%, from 35.9k employees to 36k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Rockville, MD, are Management Occupations (4,427 people), Business & Financial Operations Occupations (3,323 people), and Computer & Mathematical Occupations (3,301 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Rockville, MD.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Maryland.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Maryland (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

36k

2024 Value

± 1,573

0.505%

1 Year growth

± 6.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Rockville, MD grew at a rate of 0.505%, from 35.9k employees to 36k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Rockville, MD, are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (7,571 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (4,489 people), and Public Administration (4,444 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Rockville, MD, though some of these residents may live in Rockville, MD and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$86,591

Median earning men ± $6,485

$68,900

Median earning women ± $5,229

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($141,645), Information ($136,014), and Public Administration ($118,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($128,933), Construction ($104,677), and Wholesale Trade ($101,528).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Maryland.

Y-Axis

0.617%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 2.69M people employed in Maryland. This represents a 0.617% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 13.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Maryland.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Maryland went to Kamala Harris with 62.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (34.1%), followed by Jill Stein (1.09%).

Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks are the senators currently representing the state of Maryland. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Maryland is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Rockville, MD. Showing the available data for Maryland.

2024 Election Results

Kamala Harris (62.6%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (34.1%)
Republican Party
Jill Stein (1.09%)
Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Maryland went to Kamala Harris with 62.6% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (34.1%), followed by Jill Stein (1.09%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Maryland for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Maryland

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Maryland.

Chris Van Hollen

Senator from Maryland

Assumed office on January 3, 2017

Angela Alsobrooks

Senator from Maryland

Assumed office on January 3, 2025

Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks are the senators currently representing Maryland.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Maryland over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Education

In 2024, universities in Rockville, MD awarded 2,753 degrees. The student population of Rockville, MD in 2024 is skewed towards women, with 8,409 male students and 10,426 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Rockville, MD are Hispanic or Latino (742 and 29.9%), Black or African American (608 and 24.5%), White (559 and 22.6%), and Asian (437 and 17.6%).

The largest universities in Rockville, MD by number of degrees awarded are Montgomery College (2,753 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Rockville, MD are Other Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies, & Humanities (695 and 25.2%), General Business (387 and 14.1%), and General Computer & Information Sciences (291 and 10.6%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2024 there were 18,835 students enrolled in Rockville, MD, 44.6% men and 55.4% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Hispanic or Latino with 5,650 records, of which 59.1% were women and 40.9% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

Other Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies, & Humanities
693 degrees awarded
General Business
387 degrees awarded
General Computer & Information Sciences
291 degrees awarded

In 2024, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Rockville, MD was Other Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies, & Humanities with 693 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Rockville, MD according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Montgomery College

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

2,753 degrees awarded

In 2024, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Montgomery College with 2,753 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2024, 1,270 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Rockville, MD, which is 0.856 times less than the 1,483 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2024, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Hispanic or Latino students. These 742 degrees mean that there were 1.22 times more degrees awarded to Hispanic or Latino students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 608 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 2-year ($8,190) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2024.

Public, 2-year ($2,208) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2024.

Public, 2-year ($1,232) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Rockville, MD was $682,300 in 2024, which is 2.05 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $658,300 to $682,300, a 3.65% increase. The homeownership rate in Rockville, MD is 52.6%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Rockville, MD have an average commute time of 30.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Rockville, MD is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$682,300

Median Property Value 2024

±$18,120

$14,199

Median Property Taxes

±$805

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Rockville, MD the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Rockville, MD compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

52.6%

Homeownership

2024

69.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 52.6% of the housing units in Rockville, MD were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 53.1%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Rockville, MD compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$128,649

Median Household Income

± $7,642

27k

Number of Households

± 1,276

In 2024, the median household income of the 27k households in Rockville, MD grew to $128,649 from the previous year's value of $122,384.

The following chart displays the households in Rockville, MD distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Rockville, MD is from Maryland.

0.448

2024 Wage GINI in Maryland

0.451

2023 Wage GINI in Maryland

In 2024, the income inequality in Maryland was 0.448 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.523% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Maryland was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Maryland in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Maryland across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (48%)
Worked At Home (32.7%)
Public Transit (10.3%)

In 2024, 48% of workers in Rockville, MD drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (32.7%) and those who used public transit to get to work (10.3%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

30.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Rockville, MD have a longer commute time (30.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.81% of the workforce in Rockville, MD have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Rockville, MD compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Rockville, MD distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Rockville, MD have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

7.64% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Rockville, MD (5.11k out of 66.9k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Males 25 - 34 and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Rockville, MD is Asian, followed by White and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.