Ellerbe vs Rockingham

A side-by-side comparison of Ellerbe and Rockingham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockingham has the higher population (9,094 vs 1,070 in Ellerbe). Ellerbe has the higher median household income ($48,404 vs $36,695 in Rockingham). Rockingham has the higher median home value ($133,900 vs $107,200 in Ellerbe).

Population, income & housing

	Ellerbe	Rockingham
Population	1,070	9,094
Median age	31.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,404	$36,695
Median home value	$107,200	$133,900
Median gross rent	$547	$717
Housing units	511	4,414
Homeownership rate	69.3%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellerbe	Rockingham
Population	961 → 1,070 (+11.3%)	8,865 → 9,094 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $48,404 (+29.1%)	$32,150 → $36,695 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$82,600 → $107,200 (+29.8%)	$97,100 → $133,900 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $547 (-1.4%)	$619 → $717 (+15.8%)

Ellerbe

Population

9611,070

Median household income

$37,500$48,404

Median home value

$82,600$107,200

Median gross rent

$555$547

Rockingham

Population

8,8659,094

Median household income

$32,150$36,695

Median home value

$97,100$133,900

Median gross rent

$619$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellerbe	Rockingham
Under 5	13.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	17.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.8%
75 and over	9.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellerbe	Rockingham
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	52.4%
Black or African American	41.9%	36.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellerbe	Rockingham
No high school diploma	27.4%	12.6%
High school graduate	9.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	48.0%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellerbe	Rockingham
Drove alone	80.4%	84.7%
Carpooled	14.0%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellerbe	Rockingham
1-unit, detached	71.6%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Ellerbe	Rockingham
Poverty rate	16.0%	33.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	1975	1967