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Rockingham, NC Micro Area

42,344 Population
473.7 square miles 89.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,908 ±$1,635 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,883 ±$5,326 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.2% ±3.7% (10,429  ±1,511) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±1.5 (398,615  ±34,388) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,026 ±468 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (41,349  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±2.4% (628  ±229) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,893 ±37 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$127,800 ±$20,258 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.1% ±1.5% (2,963  ±646.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.5% ±4.3% (24,123  ±1,268.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16% ±2.1% (4,633  ±612.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.1% (1,720  ±258) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.1% (1,838  ±345) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,838 Total veterans ±345 1,640 Male ±323 198 Female ±108

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