Five Points vs Rockfish

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

Five Points 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 1,096 in Five Points). Five Points has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $191,000 in Rockfish). Since 2019, Five Points's population has grown faster (+13.8% vs +8.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Five Points	Rockfish
Population	1,096	3,807
Median age	42.6 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$63,046
Median home value	$284,700	$191,000
Median gross rent	$1,213	$1,236
Housing units	428	1,485
Homeownership rate	75.2%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Five Points	Rockfish
Population	963 → 1,096 (+13.8%)	3,523 → 3,807 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$63,327 → $63,188 (-0.2%)	$63,796 → $63,046 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $284,700 (+67.0%)	$137,900 → $191,000 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,067 → $1,213 (+13.7%)	$1,158 → $1,236 (+6.7%)

Five Points

Population

9631,096

Median household income

$63,327$63,188

Median home value

$170,500$284,700

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,213

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)

	Five Points	Rockfish
Under 5	3.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.8%	20.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	19.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	3.5%
75 and over	3.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Five Points	Rockfish
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	56.3%
Black or African American	33.0%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	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	3.6%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Five Points	Rockfish
No high school diploma	1.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	26.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Five Points	Rockfish
Drove alone	68.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	28.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Five Points	Rockfish
1-unit, detached	79.7%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Five Points	Rockfish
Poverty rate	21.2%	15.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	2002	1995