Rockville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 66,924 people and 29 associated neighborhoods, Rockville is the 12th largest community in Maryland. 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 90.40% 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 (11.93%), computer science and math (10.81%), and business and financial occupations (10.06%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 26.27% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 31.98 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. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Rockville use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Rockville‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the subway. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.If knowledge is power, Rockville is a pretty powerful place. 65.08% of the adults in Rockville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Rockville in 2022 was $61,412, which is wealthy relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $245,648 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 17.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rockville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. In addition, Rockville has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (34.77%). The most common language spoken in Rockville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
