Rochelle, Texas.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$751 (+93%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
Living in Rochelle, McCulloch County, Texas
Rochelle, in McCulloch County, had 169 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in McCulloch County was 5.5% in August 2026, and the county had 3.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in McCulloch County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Rochelle is a very small community in McCulloch County, Texas, where people tend to know one another and daily life moves at a quiet pace. Winters are mild, with cool days and chilly nights, and snow is rare. Summers are hot, and rain falls through the year in moderate amounts.
Work. Most residents who hold jobs work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, government, and banks, insurance and property. Few people work from home. Across McCulloch County, large workplaces include Brady ISD, Heart of Texas Healthcare System and Walmart. Unemployment in the county is slightly higher than a year ago, and there are fewer jobs than the year before.
Things to do. The Old McCulloch County Jail, now a museum, is a short drive away and offers a look at local history. Brady Creek Reservoir and Brady Creek are both a longer drive away, and suit anyone who likes to spend time near water.
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What people in McCulloch County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. McCulloch County had 2,210 jobs in 2025, 3.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 35°; warmest in August, with highs near 94° and lows near 72°. About 27 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Brady weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in McCulloch County
- Brady ISDSchool district176FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters151
- Heart of Texas Healthcare SystemCritical access hospital83FTE
- Rochelle ISDSchool district40FTE
- Lohn ISDSchool district29FTE
- PAY and SaveGrocery stores20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 171 people in all across the county; Rochelle has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- DroughtRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Rochelle’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on McCulloch County.
Rochelle home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Rochelle address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Rochelle — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.