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Wentworth township, Rockingham County, NC

8,940 Population
74.5 square miles 120 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±4.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rockingham County: 44.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,131 ±$4,458 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rockingham County: $31,380 ±$1,152
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$79,688 ±$10,926 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rockingham County: $55,796 ±$1,938
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

11.7% ±4.7% (1,008  ±420) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rockingham County: 16.9% † 15,086 (±1.9% / ±1,733)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.7 minutes ±2.4 (95,525  ±17,966) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Rockingham County: 26.5 997,510 (±1.1 / ±49,818)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

3,493 ±419 Number of households
  • Rockingham County: 39,018 ±637
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.4 (8,632  ±995) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rockingham County: 2.3 90,295 (±0 / ±32)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.2% ±1% (24  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rockingham County: 5.8% † 1,114 (±1.2% / ±237)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

3,905 ±394 Number of housing units
  • Rockingham County: 43,685 ±61
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$191,200 ±$16,791 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rockingham County: $156,000 ±$7,493
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

15.5% ±6% (1,381  ±555.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rockingham County: 11.2% † 10,152 (±1.5% / ±1,365.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

92.2% ±13.8% (6,067  ±624.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rockingham County: 84.4% 55,897 (±2.5% / ±1,690.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
18.1% ±3.4% (1,193  ±256.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rockingham County: 16.1% 10,683 (±1.2% / ±760.3)
  • about half 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

2.7% ±1.9% (238  ±170) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rockingham County: 3.2% 2,903
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.2% ±2% (589  ±159) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rockingham County: 7.2% 5,206 (±0.6% / ±457)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
589 Total veterans ±159 574 Male ±157 15 Female ±17

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