Dortches vs Rocky Mount

A side-by-side comparison of Dortches and Rocky Mount: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rocky Mount has the higher population (54,175 vs 1,317 in Dortches). Dortches has the higher median household income ($72,955 vs $52,927 in Rocky Mount). Dortches has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $148,300 in Rocky Mount).

Population, income & housing

	Dortches	Rocky Mount
Population	1,317	54,175
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$52,927
Median home value	$230,600	$148,300
Median gross rent	—	$919
Housing units	502	27,052
Homeownership rate	79.7%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dortches	Rocky Mount
Population	921 → 1,317 (+43.0%)	54,548 → 54,175 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$64,250 → $72,955 (+13.5%)	$40,633 → $52,927 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$186,200 → $230,600 (+23.8%)	$113,100 → $148,300 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,096 (+21.5%)	$793 → $919 (+15.9%)

Dortches

Population

9211,317

Median household income

$64,250$72,955

Median home value

$186,200$230,600

Median gross rent

$902$1,096

Rocky Mount

Population

54,54854,175

Median household income

$40,633$52,927

Median home value

$113,100$148,300

Median gross rent

$793$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dortches	Rocky Mount
Under 5	9.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.0%
75 and over	7.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dortches	Rocky Mount
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	27.8%
Black or African American	26.3%	62.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dortches	Rocky Mount
No high school diploma	5.8%	13.9%
High school graduate	27.9%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dortches	Rocky Mount
Drove alone	79.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dortches	Rocky Mount
1-unit, detached	86.1%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Dortches	Rocky Mount
Poverty rate	9.6%	21.2%
Average household size	2.94	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1986	1978