Rowlett is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 65,113 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Rowlett is the 62nd largest community in Texas.

Rowlett real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Rowlett house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Rowlett has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.52% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 Rowlett, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.49 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of Rowlett citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.85% of adults in Rowlett have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Rowlett in 2022 was $42,895, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $171,580 for a family of four. However, Rowlett contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rowlett is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rowlett home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rowlett residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rowlett also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.49% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rowlett include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Rowlett's cultural character, accounting for 15.70% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Rowlett is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.