Rock Hill vs York

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

Rock Hill and York 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 8,697 in York). Rock Hill has the higher median household income ($64,770 vs $47,315 in York). Rock Hill has the higher median home value ($267,400 vs $161,000 in York).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Hill	York
Population	74,769	8,697
Median age	35.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,770	$47,315
Median home value	$267,400	$161,000
Median gross rent	$1,279	$833
Housing units	33,556	3,799
Homeownership rate	53.5%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Hill	York
Population	73,334 → 74,769 (+2.0%)	8,144 → 8,697 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$50,444 → $64,770 (+28.4%)	$39,969 → $47,315 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $267,400 (+71.6%)	$138,800 → $161,000 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,279 (+32.3%)	$651 → $833 (+28.0%)

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

York

Population

8,1448,697

Median household income

$39,969$47,315

Median home value

$138,800$161,000

Median gross rent

$651$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Hill	York
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.0%
75 and over	5.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Hill	York
White (non-Hispanic)	49.5%	47.8%
Black or African American	39.5%	27.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	2.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	4.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Hill	York
No high school diploma	7.9%	18.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Hill	York
Drove alone	78.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Hill	York
1-unit, detached	59.2%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	13.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Rock Hill	York
Poverty rate	13.3%	16.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1995	1979