Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

East Rockingham, NC

3,177 Population
3.4 square miles 929.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

37.4 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,382 ±$9,800 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $24,752 ±$1,609
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$33,206 ±$4,944 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $43,626 † ±$5,421
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

33.3% ±13.4% (1,054  ±484) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 25.2% † 10,478 (±3.4% / ±1,399)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

35.3 minutes ±11.9 (38,050  ±17,911) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 25 424,960 (±1.8 / ±37,764)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,389 ±278 Number of households
  • the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 16,863 ±435
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (3,163  ±698) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 2.5 41,660 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

10.4% ±12.8% (69  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 4.6% † 442 (±2.2% / ±208)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,631 ±272 Number of housing units
  • the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 19,840 ±31
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$102,700 ±$23,520 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $120,800 ±$10,204
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

5.3% ±3.3% (165  ±109.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 10.4% † 4,429 (±2.1% / ±903.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

82.7% ±5.4% (1,642  ±362.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 84.2% 24,469 (±4.2% / ±1,243.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
6.2% ±5.2% (124  ±106.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 16.2% † 4,705 (±2% / ±593.7)
  • about one-fifth 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

7.5% ±6% (237  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 1,568
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.5% ±4.7% (160  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 5.9% † 1,932 (±1% / ±327)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
160 Total veterans ±107 76 Male ±54 84 Female ±74

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.