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Rockingham, NC

9,094 Population
7.6 square miles 1,189.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,144 ±$2,707 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $24,752 ±$1,609
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$36,695 ±$6,742 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $43,626 † ±$5,421
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

33.8% ±7.4% (3,004  ±658) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 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 ±4.2 (81,435  ±18,531) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 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

3,951 ±283 Number of households
  • the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 16,863 ±435
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (8,919  ±89) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 2.5 41,660 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.5% ±2.1% (33  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 4.6% † 442 (±2.2% / ±208)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

4,414 ±313 Number of housing units
  • the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 19,840 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$133,900 ±$37,777 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $120,800 ±$10,204
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

20.1% ±7.1% (1,826  ±644.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 10.4% † 4,429 (±2.1% / ±903.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87.4% ±8.3% (5,179  ±593.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 84.2% 24,469 (±4.2% / ±1,243.9)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19.4% ±4.6% (1,147  ±281.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 16.2% † 4,705 (±2% / ±593.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.5% ±1.5% (227  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 1,568
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.1% ±1.6% (269  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 5.9% † 1,932 (±1% / ±327)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
269 Total veterans ±105 242 Male ±92 27 Female ±25

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