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Ruffin township, Rockingham County, NC

4,455 Population
81.8 square miles 54.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rockingham County: 44.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,911 ±$6,745 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rockingham County: $31,380 ±$1,152
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$55,559 ±$8,550 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rockingham County: $55,796 ±$1,938
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

11.2% ±4.7% (496  ±217) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rockingham County: 16.9% † 15,086 (±1.9% / ±1,733)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.9 minutes ±8.9 (56,045  ±12,826) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rockingham County: 26.5 997,510 (±1.1 / ±49,818)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,170 ±242 Number of households
  • Rockingham County: 39,018 ±637
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.1 (4,440  ±547) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rockingham County: 2.3 90,295 (±0 / ±32)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.5% ±4.2% (32  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rockingham County: 5.8% † 1,114 (±1.2% / ±237)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,566 ±230 Number of housing units
  • Rockingham County: 43,685 ±61
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$139,400 ±$18,839 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rockingham County: $156,000 ±$7,493
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

6.4% ±4.6% (281  ±206.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rockingham County: 11.2% † 10,152 (±1.5% / ±1,365.6)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

86.9% ±6.3% (3,090  ±440.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rockingham County: 84.4% 55,897 (±2.5% / ±1,690.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
10.3% ±3.8% (366  ±141.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rockingham County: 16.1% 10,683 (±1.2% / ±760.3)
  • about one-third 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

1.5% ±1.9% (65  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Rockingham County: 3.2% 2,903
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

9.9% ±4.2% (385  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rockingham County: 7.2% 5,206 (±0.6% / ±457)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
385 Total veterans ±171 374 Male ±169 11 Female ±17

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