Rockwell PlaceTX
A town of 2,016. Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Is Rockwell Place a good place to live?
Rockwell Place’s best subject grades are an A for schools and an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for hazard risk. 13% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Rockwell Place, below both the Texas town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Only 10 of the 643 Texas towns we compare have a lower January low than Rockwell Place. Only 20 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on the outdoors. Rockwell Place has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Rockwell Place stand out
Where Rockwell Place beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Rockwell Place for work
Where Rockwell Place’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rockwell Place grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Rockwell Place is from typical.
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Moving to Rockwell Place: who provides what
Rockwell Place is unincorporated, so Randall County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rockwell Place.
On state tests, Rockwell Place’s schools beat 85% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Canyon ISD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 388 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
More than half of Rockwell Place’s working residents commute to Amarillo
Most working residents leave Rockwell Place for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Rockwell Place has added 59 jobs, to 120 in 2023. Rockwell Place’s median household income is $57,000, below both Texas’ towns ($69,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Rockwell Place | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hail leads a high hazard risk in Rockwell Place
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Rockwell Place is less healthy than 66% of U.S. towns
Rockwell Place beats the Texas average on 6 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 18% of adults binge drink in Rockwell Place.
| Rockwell Place | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 74% | 79% |
| What stands out | Rockwell Place | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 14.5% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15.1% | 19.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.9% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rockwell Place has four seasons and hot summers
Rockwell Place has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. The July high in Rockwell Place is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Rockwell Place sell for about $300K
84% of Rockwell Place households own their home.
| Rockwell Place | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,298 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Palo Duro Canyon and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rockwell Place. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Canyon & gorgePalo Duro Canyon
12 mi MuseumAmerican Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
4 mi MuseumPanhandle–Plains Historical Museum
15 mi Theme parkWonderland Park
39 mi National MonumentAlibates Flint Quarries National Monument8K visitors a year
11 mi MuseumDon Harrington Discovery CenterPhoto credits
Palo Duro Canyon: Kimberly Vardeman from Lubbock, TX, USA, CC BY 3.0 · American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame: No machine-readable author provided. J. Nguyen~commonswiki assumed (based on cop, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Panhandle–Plains Historical Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Who What Where Nguyen Why~commonswiki assum, Public domain · Wonderland Park: Slapshot46 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument: NPS Photo, Public domain · Don Harrington Discovery Center: Who What Where Nguyen Why, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Rockwell Place
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Rockwell Place
About 3 of every 100 Rockwell Place residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Rockwell Place
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Rockwell Place is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Randall County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Rockwell Place had a population of 1,811. It is north of the center of the county, on the east side of Interstate 27. It is bordered to the south by Canyon, the county seat. Amarillo is 14 miles (23 km) to the north.
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- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,638 ft
Questions about Rockwell Place
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rockwell Place, TX a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Is Rockwell Place, TX expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $92,000, 69% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.