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Rockfish township, Cumberland County, NC

64,124 Population
52.5 square miles 1,222.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 31.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,788 ±$1,288 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cumberland County: $31,206 ±$473
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$64,796 ±$2,912 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $58,780 ±$855
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

14.5% ±1.5% (9,123  ±990) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 17.2% 54,794 (±0.8% / ±2,487)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.9 minutes ±1.2 (642,830  ±43,376) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 21.4 3,121,595 (±0.4 / ±63,694)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

22,884 ±741 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 128,118 ±643
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0 (63,896  ±2,184) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 2.5 319,246 (±0 / ±249)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.5% ±1.2% (902  ±203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 6.1% † 5,115 (±0.7% / ±538)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

24,707 ±741 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 143,184 ±118
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$199,900 ±$6,523 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $183,700 ±$3,481
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

15.8% ±1.7% (10,001  ±1,119.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 19% 63,047 (±0.8% / ±2,654)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93% ±0.7% (36,516  ±1,241.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cumberland County: 92.6% 194,300 (±1.4% / ±2,863.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
27% ±1.3% (10,609  ±622) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cumberland County: 27.2% 57,051 (±0.7% / ±1,545.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.7% ±0.9% (4,305  ±575) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Cumberland County: 6.7% 22,584
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

19.9% ±1.2% (8,382  ±592) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 18.1% 39,514 (±0.5% / ±1,093)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
8,382 Total veterans ±592 6,355 Male ±481 2,027 Female ±301

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