Ashley Heights vs Rockfish

A side-by-side comparison of Ashley Heights and Rockfish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockfish has the higher population (3,807 vs 301 in Ashley Heights). Rockfish has the higher median household income ($63,046 vs $52,375 in Ashley Heights). Rockfish has the higher median home value ($191,000 vs $85,700 in Ashley Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley Heights	Rockfish
Population	301	3,807
Median age	58.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,375	$63,046
Median home value	$85,700	$191,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,236
Housing units	127	1,485
Homeownership rate	82.6%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	17.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley Heights	Rockfish
Population	453 → 301 (-33.6%)	3,523 → 3,807 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$21,579 → $52,375 (+142.7%)	$63,796 → $63,046 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$151,800 → $85,700 (-43.5%)	$137,900 → $191,000 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $606 (-0.5%)	$1,158 → $1,236 (+6.7%)

Ashley Heights

Population

453301

Median household income

$21,579$52,375

Median home value

$151,800$85,700

Median gross rent

$609$606

Rockfish

Population

3,5233,807

Median household income

$63,796$63,046

Median home value

$137,900$191,000

Median gross rent

$1,158$1,236

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley Heights	Rockfish
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	19.3%
45 to 54	16.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	32.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	24.6%	3.5%
75 and over	0.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley Heights	Rockfish
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	56.3%
Black or African American	16.3%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.6%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley Heights	Rockfish
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley Heights	Rockfish
Drove alone	81.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley Heights	Rockfish
1-unit, detached	64.6%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Ashley Heights	Rockfish
Poverty rate	23.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	13	34
Median year structure built	1990	1995