Rocky Point vs St. Helena

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

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

Rocky Point has the higher population (1,045 vs 580 in St. Helena). St. Helena has the higher median household income ($77,000 vs $52,591 in Rocky Point). St. Helena has the higher median home value ($209,200 vs $115,500 in Rocky Point).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Point	St. Helena
Population	1,045	580
Median age	40.1 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,591	$77,000
Median home value	$115,500	$209,200
Median gross rent	$681	$1,661
Housing units	465	223
Homeownership rate	75.2%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Point	St. Helena
Population	1,687 → 1,045 (-38.1%)	399 → 580 (+45.4%)
Median household income	$34,196 → $52,591 (+53.8%)	$63,281 → $77,000 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $115,500 (-35.2%)	$178,400 → $209,200 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $681 (+6.7%)	$725 → $1,661 (+129.1%)

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

St. Helena

Population

399580

Median household income

$63,281$77,000

Median home value

$178,400$209,200

Median gross rent

$725$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky Point	St. Helena
Under 5	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	13.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	3.4%
45 to 54	17.3%	19.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	17.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.8%
75 and over	5.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Point	St. Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	61.2%
Black or African American	13.2%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Point	St. Helena
No high school diploma	37.1%	12.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Point	St. Helena
Drove alone	68.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	18.1%	15.0%
Public transit	12.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Point	St. Helena
1-unit, detached	58.5%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.1%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Point	St. Helena
Poverty rate	37.8%	23.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1992	1984