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Rocky Point township, Pender County, NC

8,641 Population
53.3 square miles 162.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pender County: 41.8 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,514 ±$9,331 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pender County: $38,296 ±$1,907
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$61,375 ±$10,947 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pender County: $76,838 ±$3,877
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.2% ±5.3% (1,141  ±479) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pender County: 10.7% † 6,641 (±1.8% / ±1,120)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.3 minutes ±4.3 (140,475  ±28,605) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pender County: 30.8 792,100 (±1.2 / ±43,955)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

3,102 ±409 Number of households
  • Pender County: 24,152 ±477
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.5 (8,641  ±986) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pender County: 2.6 62,302 (±0.1 / ±62)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.9% ±2% (42  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Pender County: 5.5% † 751 (±1.7% / ±230)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

3,368 ±416 Number of housing units
  • Pender County: 31,007 ±50
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$209,300 ±$30,554 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pender County: $267,100 ±$13,775
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.6% ±4.9% (1,083  ±436.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Pender County: 13.1% † 8,194 (±1.5% / ±959.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

83.7% ±6.2% (4,623  ±661.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pender County: 90.5% 40,404 (±3.3% / ±1,496.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
15.4% ±3.6% (849  ±223.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pender County: 29.8% 13,311 (±1.9% / ±848.8)
  • about two-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

7.6% ±3.9% (659  ±348) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Pender County: 4.1% 2,591
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.1% ±1.7% (260  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pender County: 9.7% † 4,715 (±1% / ±476)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
260 Total veterans ±111 230 Male ±103 30 Female ±39

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