Durham vs Rougemont

A side-by-side comparison of Durham and Rougemont: population, income, housing, and more.

Durham and Rougemont are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Durham has the higher population (288,465 vs 877 in Rougemont). Durham has the higher median home value ($355,300 vs $219,000 in Rougemont). Since 2019, Rougemont's population has grown faster (+20.3% vs +7.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Rougemont
Population	288,465	877
Median age	34.8 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,234	—
Median home value	$355,300	$219,000
Median gross rent	$1,412	—
Housing units	132,864	371
Homeownership rate	51.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Rougemont
Population	269,702 → 288,465 (+7.0%)	729 → 877 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$58,905 → $79,234 (+34.5%)	—
Median home value	$224,100 → $355,300 (+58.5%)	$208,000 → $219,000 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,412 (+33.5%)	—

Durham

Population

269,702288,465

Median household income

$58,905$79,234

Median home value

$224,100$355,300

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,412

Rougemont

Population

729877

Median home value

$208,000$219,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Rougemont
Under 5	6.1%	9.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	25.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.0%	3.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.7%
75 and over	4.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Rougemont
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	58.0%
Black or African American	34.2%	31.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Rougemont
No high school diploma	8.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	15.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Rougemont
Drove alone	65.2%	86.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.0%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	14.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Rougemont
1-unit, detached	51.3%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Rougemont
Poverty rate	12.2%	2.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1994	1994