Burgaw vs Rocky Point

A side-by-side comparison of Burgaw and Rocky Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burgaw has the higher population (3,249 vs 1,045 in Rocky Point). Burgaw has the higher median household income ($65,514 vs $52,591 in Rocky Point). Burgaw has the higher median home value ($207,400 vs $115,500 in Rocky Point).

Population, income & housing

	Burgaw	Rocky Point
Population	3,249	1,045
Median age	45.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,514	$52,591
Median home value	$207,400	$115,500
Median gross rent	$1,020	$681
Housing units	1,317	465
Homeownership rate	66.9%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burgaw	Rocky Point
Population	4,080 → 3,249 (-20.4%)	1,687 → 1,045 (-38.1%)
Median household income	$37,616 → $65,514 (+74.2%)	$34,196 → $52,591 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$163,000 → $207,400 (+27.2%)	$178,300 → $115,500 (-35.2%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,020 (+30.9%)	$638 → $681 (+6.7%)

Burgaw

Population

4,0803,249

Median household income

$37,616$65,514

Median home value

$163,000$207,400

Median gross rent

$779$1,020

Rocky Point

Population

1,6871,045

Median household income

$34,196$52,591

Median home value

$178,300$115,500

Median gross rent

$638$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burgaw	Rocky Point
Under 5	5.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	17.3%
55 to 64	18.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	6.6%
75 and over	7.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burgaw	Rocky Point
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	47.9%
Black or African American	29.6%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burgaw	Rocky Point
No high school diploma	19.3%	37.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burgaw	Rocky Point
Drove alone	82.0%	68.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	18.1%
Public transit	0.2%	12.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burgaw	Rocky Point
1-unit, detached	71.1%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	41.1%

Poverty & households

	Burgaw	Rocky Point
Poverty rate	22.3%	37.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1988	1992