Bowmore vs Rockfish

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

Bowmore 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 50 in Bowmore). Rockfish has the higher median home value ($191,000 vs $81,500 in Bowmore). Since 2019, Rockfish's population has grown faster (+8.1% vs -28.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmore	Rockfish
Population	50	3,807
Median age	34.8 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$63,046
Median home value	$81,500	$191,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,236
Housing units	39	1,485
Homeownership rate	74.4%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmore	Rockfish
Population	70 → 50 (-28.6%)	3,523 → 3,807 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$20,250 → $22,105 (+9.2%)	$63,796 → $63,046 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $81,500 (-22.7%)	$137,900 → $191,000 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $679 (+0.9%)	$1,158 → $1,236 (+6.7%)

Bowmore

Population

7050

Median household income

$20,250$22,105

Median home value

$105,400$81,500

Median gross rent

$673$679

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)

	Bowmore	Rockfish
Under 5	22.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	36.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	19.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.5%
75 and over	42.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmore	Rockfish
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	56.3%
Black or African American	42.0%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	58.0%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmore	Rockfish
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	64.1%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmore	Rockfish
Drove alone	100.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmore	Rockfish
1-unit, detached	79.5%	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	20.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Bowmore	Rockfish
Poverty rate	20.0%	15.7%
Average household size	1.28	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1969	1995