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Rockingham township, Richmond County, NC

15,639 Population
56.2 square miles 278.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Richmond County: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,556 ±$2,329 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Richmond County: $24,752 ±$1,609
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$44,484 ±$7,617 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Richmond County: $43,626 † ±$5,421
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

28.9% ±5.1% (4,428  ±820) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Richmond County: 25.2% † 10,478 (±3.4% / ±1,399)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

22.7 minutes ±2.5 (140,675  ±23,258) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Richmond County: 25 424,960 (±1.8 / ±37,764)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,333 ±399 Number of households
  • Richmond County: 16,863 ±435
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.2 (15,351  ±905) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Richmond County: 2.5 41,660 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.6% ±1.6% (55  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Richmond County: 4.6% † 442 (±2.2% / ±208)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

7,251 ±398 Number of housing units
  • Richmond County: 19,840 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$134,300 ±$34,457 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Richmond County: $120,800 ±$10,204
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

16.6% ±4.8% (2,583  ±760.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Richmond County: 10.4% † 4,429 (±2.1% / ±903.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

88.2% ±5.4% (9,336  ±814.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Richmond County: 84.2% 24,469 (±4.2% / ±1,243.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19% ±3.7% (2,007  ±408.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Richmond County: 16.2% † 4,705 (±2% / ±593.7)
  • about half 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

3.8% ±1.2% (597  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Richmond County: 3.7% 1,568
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.8% ±1.7% (679  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Richmond County: 5.9% † 1,932 (±1% / ±327)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
679 Total veterans ±205 602 Male ±187 77 Female ±65

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