Gold Hill vs Rockwell

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

Gold Hill 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 401 in Gold Hill). Since 2019, Gold Hill's population has grown faster (+30.2% vs +26.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Hill	Rockwell
Population	401	2,688
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,141
Median home value	—	$218,800
Median gross rent	—	$846
Housing units	164	1,085
Homeownership rate	87.5%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Hill	Rockwell
Population	308 → 401 (+30.2%)	2,119 → 2,688 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$93,196 → $105,254 (+12.9%)	$57,471 → $64,141 (+11.6%)
Median home value	—	$124,600 → $218,800 (+75.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$798 → $846 (+6.0%)

Gold Hill

Population

308401

Median household income

$93,196$105,254

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)

	Gold Hill	Rockwell
Under 5	5.5%	8.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	25.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	3.0%	8.5%
75 and over	0.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Hill	Rockwell
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Hill	Rockwell
No high school diploma	49.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	10.8%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Hill	Rockwell
Drove alone	100.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Hill	Rockwell
1-unit, detached	53.7%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Gold Hill	Rockwell
Poverty rate	13.5%	8.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1984	1987