Rocky Point is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,476 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rocky Point is the 353rd largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Rocky Point is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.90% of the Rocky Point workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Rocky Point is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rocky Point who work in teaching (10.90%), sales jobs (10.47%), and healthcare suport services (7.48%). Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Rocky Point is worth considering. One downside of living in Rocky Point is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Rocky Point, the average commute to work is 33.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. For a small town, Rocky Point has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the train. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Rocky Point exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.The citizens of Rocky Point have a very low rate of college education: just 6.94% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Rocky Point in 2022 was $22,396, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,584 for a family of four. However, Rocky Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rocky Point also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.80% of its population below the federal poverty line.Rocky Point is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rocky Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rocky Point residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rocky Point also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.87% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rocky Point include English, Scots-Irish, Irish, German, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Rocky Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
