Rollingwood’s household incomes are among the highest in the country
Measured by household income, Rollingwood is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Below the poverty line: 4.6% of residents, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. Rollingwood grades A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rollingwood at work: what stands out
Rollingwood fills up on a workday
Rollingwood has 3,389 jobs, 5.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,300 people are in town, more than double the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Much of Rollingwood works one town over
58% of working residents work in a town that borders Rollingwood: Austin (54%) and West Lake Hills (4%). Next door ↓
Jobs in Rollingwood have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Rollingwood went from 1,626 in 2013 to 3,389 in 2023, +108%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 598 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Rollingwood’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Rollingwood is among the top U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($240,114, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Rollingwood’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rollingwood stays A+.
The daily flow of workers through Rollingwood
On a workday 579 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 3,370 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Rollingwood on a workday afternoon, 190% more than live here.
5.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
81% of the jobs in Rollingwood pay over $3,333 a month
3,389 jobs are based in Rollingwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rollingwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,626 → 3,389. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rollingwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Rollingwood, and from where
Where Rollingwood clocks in
54% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Rollingwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rollingwood workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 363 commuters (the 36% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Rollingwood
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Rollingwood, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rollingwood is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 569 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 3% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Rollingwood households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rollingwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rollingwood places 33rd of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 15 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| 32 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| 33 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 34 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 35 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rollingwood, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Rollingwood and its neighbors: 58% work next door
The biggest share goes to Austin (54%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rollingwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollingwood | – | A+ | B+ | 17 min | $240,114 |
| Austin | 54% | B+ | A | 24 min | $93,658 |
| West Lake Hills | 4% | A | B+ | 17 min | $198,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rollingwood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rollingwood: questions
What is the median household income in Rollingwood?
$240,114 (±$27,534) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rollingwood?
4.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rollingwood?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rollingwood work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (54%, 3 mi), San Antonio (6%, 71 mi), West Lake Hills (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rollingwood walkable?
Rollingwood is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rollingwood without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rollingwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rollingwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.