Rockwell vs Spencer

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

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

Spencer has the higher population (3,305 vs 2,688 in Rockwell). Rockwell has the higher median household income ($64,141 vs $64,031 in Spencer). Rockwell has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $149,800 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Rockwell	Spencer
Population	2,688	3,305
Median age	37.8 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,141	$64,031
Median home value	$218,800	$149,800
Median gross rent	$846	$1,042
Housing units	1,085	1,541
Homeownership rate	59.5%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockwell	Spencer
Population	2,119 → 2,688 (+26.9%)	3,230 → 3,305 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$57,471 → $64,141 (+11.6%)	$53,163 → $64,031 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$124,600 → $218,800 (+75.6%)	$98,500 → $149,800 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $846 (+6.0%)	$926 → $1,042 (+12.5%)

Rockwell

Population

2,1192,688

Median household income

$57,471$64,141

Median home value

$124,600$218,800

Median gross rent

$798$846

Spencer

Population

3,2303,305

Median household income

$53,163$64,031

Median home value

$98,500$149,800

Median gross rent

$926$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rockwell	Spencer
Under 5	8.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	12.3%
75 and over	8.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockwell	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	61.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	33.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockwell	Spencer
No high school diploma	12.5%	17.7%
High school graduate	24.4%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockwell	Spencer
Drove alone	79.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	17.1%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockwell	Spencer
1-unit, detached	70.0%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Rockwell	Spencer
Poverty rate	8.9%	13.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1987	1955