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Rockford township, Surry County, NC

2,251 Population
26.9 square miles 83.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±6.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Surry County: 43.8 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,905 ±$5,432 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Surry County: $32,573 ±$1,450
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,130 ±$17,253 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Surry County: $55,656 ±$3,280
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.6% ±8.2% (441  ±210) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Surry County: 16.8% † 11,829 (±1.8% / ±1,232)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.7 minutes ±11.7 (22,860  ±5,818) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Surry County: 24.3 709,520 (±0.9 / ±33,474)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,014 ±210 Number of households
  • Surry County: 29,869 ±421
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,251  ±512) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Surry County: 2.4 70,384 (±0 / ±270)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.4% ±4.7% (11  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Surry County: 6% † 885 (±1.4% / ±200)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,044 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Surry County: 33,747 ±137
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$145,200 ±$18,641 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Surry County: $177,600 ±$7,293
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.7% ±3.3% (84  ±75.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Surry County: 9.1% † 6,414 (±1.2% / ±840.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±10.4% (1,403  ±287.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Surry County: 83.8% 42,541 (±2.7% / ±1,369.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.8% ±6.3% (334  ±111.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Surry County: 20.4% 10,358 (±1.3% / ±640.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

3.2% ±3.3% (72  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Surry County: 6.1% 4,358
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±3.4% (72  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Surry County: 6.3% 3,550 (±0.6% / ±330)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
72 Total veterans ±57 62 Male ±56 10 Female ±16

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