Rock Hill vs Tega Cay

A side-by-side comparison of Rock Hill and Tega Cay: population, income, housing, and more.

Rock Hill and Tega Cay are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rock Hill has the higher population (74,769 vs 13,267 in Tega Cay). Tega Cay has the higher median household income ($141,037 vs $64,770 in Rock Hill). Tega Cay has the higher median home value ($494,500 vs $267,400 in Rock Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Hill	Tega Cay
Population	74,769	13,267
Median age	35.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,770	$141,037
Median home value	$267,400	$494,500
Median gross rent	$1,279	$1,307
Housing units	33,556	4,862
Homeownership rate	53.5%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	65.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Hill	Tega Cay
Population	73,334 → 74,769 (+2.0%)	10,412 → 13,267 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$50,444 → $64,770 (+28.4%)	$130,918 → $141,037 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $267,400 (+71.6%)	$331,100 → $494,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,279 (+32.3%)	$1,453 → $1,307 (-10.0%)

Rock Hill

Population

73,33474,769

Median household income

$50,444$64,770

Median home value

$155,800$267,400

Median gross rent

$967$1,279

Tega Cay

Population

10,41213,267

Median household income

$130,918$141,037

Median home value

$331,100$494,500

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Hill	Tega Cay
Under 5	6.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	12.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	22.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.6%
75 and over	5.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Hill	Tega Cay
White (non-Hispanic)	49.5%	69.3%
Black or African American	39.5%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Hill	Tega Cay
No high school diploma	7.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	23.5%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Hill	Tega Cay
Drove alone	78.1%	64.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	25.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Hill	Tega Cay
1-unit, detached	59.2%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	13.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Rock Hill	Tega Cay
Poverty rate	13.3%	0.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1995	2006