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Rockfish township, Duplin County, NC

1,977 Population
51.2 square miles 38.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±10.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Duplin County: 40.7 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,979 ±$6,528 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Duplin County: $28,478 ±$1,081
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,943 ±$15,961 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Duplin County: $55,148 ±$3,396
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±7.8% (223  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Duplin County: 20.5% 10,006 (±1.9% / ±941)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.1 minutes ±12.8 (23,335  ±8,880) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Duplin County: 29.3 584,645 (±1.4 / ±35,399)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

837 ±234 Number of households
  • Duplin County: 20,787 ±424
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (1,976  ±561) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Duplin County: 2.4 48,860 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±8.7% (24  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Duplin County: 5.8% † 603 (±2.1% / ±215)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

910 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Duplin County: 23,861 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$199,100 ±$119,295 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Duplin County: $137,400 ±$10,079
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.4% ±16.3% (462  ±348.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Duplin County: 9.5% † 4,653 (±1.8% / ±881.4)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±34.1% (1,272  ±293.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Duplin County: 82.4% 27,548 (±3.2% / ±1,072.7)
  • about the same as 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)
31.9% ±10.2% (441  ±190.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Duplin County: 17.6% 5,891 (±1.6% / ±530)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 90 percent 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

3.6% ±3.1% (71  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Duplin County: 12.2% 6,039
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.7% ±6.7% (154  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Duplin County: 8.4% † 3,141 (±0.9% / ±333)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
154 Total veterans ±106 135 Male ±91 19 Female ±30

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