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Ruffin township, Rockingham County, NC

4,429 Population
81.8 square miles 54.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rockingham County: 44.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,127 ±$6,297 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rockingham County: $32,991 ±$1,258
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,477 ±$13,645 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rockingham County: $57,053 ±$2,844
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±4.5% (552  ±211) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rockingham County: 16.3% † 14,677 (±1.8% / ±1,616)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±0.9 (61,335  ±14,305) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Rockingham County: 27 993,865 (±1 / ±50,070)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,077 ±252 Number of households
  • Rockingham County: 39,606 ±526
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,415  ±615) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rockingham County: 2.3 90,980 (±0 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±5.2% (52  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rockingham County: 6.8% † 1,295 (±1.5% / ±295)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,381 ±237 Number of housing units
  • Rockingham County: 43,868 ±64
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,000 ±$24,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Rockingham County: $168,600 ±$5,912
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±4.9% (290  ±220.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rockingham County: 9.8% † 8,877 (±1.5% / ±1,374.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.9% ±16.1% (2,941  ±386.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rockingham County: 85.5% 57,063 (±2.6% / ±1,728.1)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.8% ±3.5% (338  ±131.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rockingham County: 17% 11,322 (±1.2% / ±792.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

1.4% ±1.3% (61  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rockingham County: 3.3% 3,044
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±3.2% (307  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rockingham County: 7.1% 5,236 (±0.7% / ±488)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
307 Total veterans ±130 307 Male ±130 N/A Female ±14

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