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28379

23,417 Population
151.6 square miles 154.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,384 ±$2,368 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $25,908 ±$1,635
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$49,149 ±$5,357 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $44,883 † ±$5,326
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

24% ±4% (5,558  ±949) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 25.2% † 10,429 (±3.7% / ±1,511)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.8 minutes ±2.8 (223,615  ±33,791) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 24.1 398,615 (±1.5 / ±34,388)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

10,101 ±582 Number of households
  • the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 17,026 ±468
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (23,165  ±952) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 2.4 41,349 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.2% ±2.8% (225  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 6.6% † 628 (±2.4% / ±229)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

11,578 ±498 Number of housing units
  • the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 19,893 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$157,400 ±$11,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: $127,800 † ±$20,258
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

6.8% ±2% (1,585  ±472.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 7.1% † 2,963 (±1.5% / ±646.3)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.5% ±5% (14,390  ±1,031.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 83.5% 24,123 (±4.3% / ±1,268.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
18.7% ±3% (3,141  ±521.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 16% † 4,633 (±2.1% / ±612.8)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±1.1% (1,052  ±263) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 4.1% 1,720
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6% ±1.3% (1,077  ±243) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Rockingham, NC Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,838 (±1.1% / ±345)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,077 Total veterans ±243 934 Male ±225 143 Female ±92

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