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Dortches, NC

1,317 Population
8.1 square miles 162.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,573 ±$8,073 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $31,273 ±$1,071
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$72,955 ±$16,117 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $57,437 ±$1,963
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

9.6% ±6.4% (125  ±89) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 16.7% 23,632 (±1.1% / ±1,554)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.3 minutes ±10.5 (10,140  ±3,308) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.4 1,323,940 (±0.8 / ±58,114)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

448 ±106 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 57,656 ±671
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.9 ±0.3 (1,317  ±331) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.5 141,636 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

12.7% ±15.7% (31  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,412 (±0.9% / ±297)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

502 ±117 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 66,795 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$230,600 ±$51,171 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $153,000 ±$5,212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

7.2% ±7.2% (91  ±93.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 9.7% † 13,754 (±1.1% / ±1,594.3)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.2% ±31.1% (785  ±154.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 85.7% 86,107 (±2.3% / ±2,309.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
25.1% ±5.1% (209  ±69.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 20% 20,128 (±1.2% / ±1,230.5)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.2% ±0.5% (3  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.7% 5,356
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.2% ±4.7% (78  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 7.5% 8,389 (±0.6% / ±641)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
78 Total veterans ±49 57 Male ±36 21 Female ±33

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