Rockville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 68,417 people and 29 associated neighborhoods, Rockville is the 12th largest community in Maryland. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Rockville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Rockville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Rockville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Rockville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $128,649.00. Rockville home prices are not only among the most expensive in Maryland, but Rockville real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Rockville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.99% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rockville is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockville who work in management occupations (12.29%), business and financial occupations (9.22%), and computer science and math (9.16%). Also of interest is that Rockville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Rockville has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Of important note, Rockville is also a city of artists. Rockville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rockville’s character. A relatively large number of people in Rockville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 32.73% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Rockville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.20 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. For the size of the city, public transportation in Rockville is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Rockville, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Rockville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Rockville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 65.58% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Rockville in 2022 was $64,900, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $259,600 for a family of four. However, Rockville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rockville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rockville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Rockville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rockville include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Rockville's cultural character, accounting for 35.63% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Rockville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
