Cleveland vs Rockwell

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland and Rockwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockwell has the higher population (2,688 vs 1,053 in Cleveland). Rockwell has the higher median household income ($64,141 vs $60,063 in Cleveland). Rockwell has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $205,800 in Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Rockwell
Population	1,053	2,688
Median age	33.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,063	$64,141
Median home value	$205,800	$218,800
Median gross rent	$748	$846
Housing units	512	1,085
Homeownership rate	73.3%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Rockwell
Population	1,191 → 1,053 (-11.6%)	2,119 → 2,688 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$54,000 → $60,063 (+11.2%)	$57,471 → $64,141 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $205,800 (+71.4%)	$124,600 → $218,800 (+75.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $748 (+12.8%)	$798 → $846 (+6.0%)

Cleveland

Population

1,1911,053

Median household income

$54,000$60,063

Median home value

$120,100$205,800

Median gross rent

$663$748

Rockwell

Population

2,1192,688

Median household income

$57,471$64,141

Median home value

$124,600$218,800

Median gross rent

$798$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Rockwell
Under 5	6.8%	8.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	21.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.5%
75 and over	7.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Rockwell
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	88.7%
Black or African American	32.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Rockwell
No high school diploma	4.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	35.2%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Rockwell
Drove alone	73.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	24.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Rockwell
1-unit, detached	76.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Rockwell
Poverty rate	18.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1981	1987