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Rockfish township, Cumberland County, NC

62,752 Population
52.5 square miles 1,196 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 32 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,578 ±$1,221 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cumberland County: $32,657 ±$589
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,689 ±$2,542 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $61,291 ±$990
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.7% ±1.7% (8,462  ±1,086) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 16.7% 53,555 (±0.8% / ±2,445)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.3 minutes ±1.2 (627,915  ±41,519) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 21.6 3,117,255 (±0.4 / ±67,420)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,794 ±728 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 129,758 ±563
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (62,503  ±2,261) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 2.5 321,560 (±0 / ±193)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±1.2% (875  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 6.2% 5,159 (±0.6% / ±461)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,467 ±716 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 143,798 ±123
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$211,000 ±$6,975 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $199,200 ±$3,438
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.1% ±1.6% (8,709  ±1,046.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 18.1% 60,295 (±0.8% / ±2,575)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±0.9% (36,073  ±1,243.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cumberland County: 92.9% 195,788 (±1.3% / ±2,802.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.4% ±1.3% (10,605  ±618.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cumberland County: 27.8% 58,638 (±0.7% / ±1,536)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters of 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

6.5% ±1% (4,103  ±615) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Cumberland County: 6.8% 22,888
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

19.9% ±1.1% (8,224  ±538) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 18.3% 40,226 (±0.5% / ±1,164)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
8,224 Total veterans ±538 6,306 Male ±453 1,918 Female ±237

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