Dobbins Heights vs East Rockingham

A side-by-side comparison of Dobbins Heights and East Rockingham: population, income, housing, and more.

Dobbins Heights and East Rockingham are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Rockingham has the higher population (3,177 vs 711 in Dobbins Heights). East Rockingham has the higher median household income ($33,206 vs $21,389 in Dobbins Heights). East Rockingham has the higher median home value ($102,700 vs $50,800 in Dobbins Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Dobbins Heights	East Rockingham
Population	711	3,177
Median age	48.9 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$21,389	$33,206
Median home value	$50,800	$102,700
Median gross rent	$665	$827
Housing units	459	1,631
Homeownership rate	53.6%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	31.3%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dobbins Heights	East Rockingham
Population	874 → 711 (-18.6%)	3,086 → 3,177 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$23,382 → $21,389 (-8.5%)	$22,227 → $33,206 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$50,300 → $50,800 (+1.0%)	$50,000 → $102,700 (+105.4%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $665 (+43.6%)	$780 → $827 (+6.0%)

Dobbins Heights

Population

874711

Median household income

$23,382$21,389

Median home value

$50,300$50,800

Median gross rent

$463$665

East Rockingham

Population

3,0863,177

Median household income

$22,227$33,206

Median home value

$50,000$102,700

Median gross rent

$780$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dobbins Heights	East Rockingham
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	28.5%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	7.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	7.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	24.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.7%
75 and over	7.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dobbins Heights	East Rockingham
White (non-Hispanic)	12.7%	64.7%
Black or African American	81.4%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dobbins Heights	East Rockingham
No high school diploma	13.2%	17.3%
High school graduate	40.8%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dobbins Heights	East Rockingham
Drove alone	70.8%	95.5%
Carpooled	20.6%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dobbins Heights	East Rockingham
1-unit, detached	61.7%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	32.9%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Dobbins Heights	East Rockingham
Poverty rate	40.2%	33.3%
Average household size	1.96	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	40	35
Median year structure built	1974	1970