East Spencer vs Rockwell

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

East Spencer 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 1,309 in East Spencer). Rockwell has the higher median household income ($64,141 vs $34,696 in East Spencer). Rockwell has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $108,500 in East Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	East Spencer	Rockwell
Population	1,309	2,688
Median age	53.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,696	$64,141
Median home value	$108,500	$218,800
Median gross rent	$733	$846
Housing units	786	1,085
Homeownership rate	52.2%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Spencer	Rockwell
Population	1,336 → 1,309 (-2.0%)	2,119 → 2,688 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$33,633 → $34,696 (+3.2%)	$57,471 → $64,141 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $108,500 (+36.5%)	$124,600 → $218,800 (+75.6%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $733 (+44.6%)	$798 → $846 (+6.0%)

East Spencer

Population

1,3361,309

Median household income

$33,633$34,696

Median home value

$79,500$108,500

Median gross rent

$507$733

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)

	East Spencer	Rockwell
Under 5	3.2%	8.5%
5 to 17	7.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	28.0%	8.5%
75 and over	4.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Spencer	Rockwell
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	78.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Spencer	Rockwell
No high school diploma	13.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	50.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Spencer	Rockwell
Drove alone	84.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	11.8%
Other means	2.7%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Spencer	Rockwell
1-unit, detached	77.6%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	East Spencer	Rockwell
Poverty rate	28.9%	8.9%
Average household size	1.87	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1965	1987