Is Rollingwood a good place to live?
Rollingwood’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes, health, and schools; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. 91% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Rollingwood, above both the Texas town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). On health, just 5 of Texas’ 998 towns do better. Rollingwood is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 73% of U.S. towns. Rollingwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Rollingwood stand out
Where Rollingwood beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| Widest gap | Rollingwood | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.3% | 19.3% |
1,466 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Rollingwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Rollingwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and 44 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rollingwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
3 mi Stadium & arenaMoody Center
in town LakeLake Austin
26 mi CaveJacob's Well (Texas)
5 mi LakeLady Bird Lake
3 mi MuseumHarry Ransom CenterPhoto credits
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium: Brint03, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moody Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Lake Austin: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Jacob's Well (Texas): Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Lady Bird Lake: Arvindn on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harry Ransom Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0
Moving to Rollingwood: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rollingwood, and how to reach them.
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 Rollingwood.
The median rent in Rollingwood is higher than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
Rollingwood’s median rent is $3,501 a month, above both Texas’ towns ($1,208 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Typical home values rose 5.2% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, fewer of Rollingwood’s adults report frequent mental distress
12% of adults report frequent mental distress in Rollingwood. Only 8 of the 642 Texas towns we compare have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Rollingwood. 8.9% of adults report frequent physical distress in Rollingwood.
| Rollingwood | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 30% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 39% | 36% |
| What stands out | Rollingwood | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.3% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.1% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More than half of Rollingwood’s working residents commute to Austin
Most working residents leave Rollingwood for work: only 3% work in town. Rollingwood’s median household income is $240,000. Since 2013, Rollingwood has added 1,763 jobs, to 3,389 in 2023.
| Rollingwood | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $240,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Rollingwood
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Rollingwood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Rollingwood
Rollingwood has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Rollingwood is 96°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rollingwood Municipal Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Rollingwood
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Rollingwood
About 3 of every 100 Rollingwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Every workday, about 3,370 people come to Rollingwood for work
Where Rollingwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Rollingwood
City in Texas, United States
Rollingwood is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States. Part of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area, the population was 1,467 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 646 ft
- Area code
- 512
Questions about Rollingwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rollingwood, TX expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.