Rock Hill

Population & Demographics

Rock Hill, SC

Rock Hill is home to 75,259 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 36,721 resident workers commute each day.

South CarolinaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
75,259
people
Population

75,259 residents

Median age 35.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Rock Hill population & demographics

Who lives in Rock Hill — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
75,259
Median age
35.7yrs
Median household income
$68,771
Median home value
$295,100
Median gross rent
$1,341/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.1%
Poverty rate
12.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Rock Hill

How Rock Hill breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White49.2%
Black38.0%
Hispanic or Latino6.9%
Two or more races3.5%
Asian1.8%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Rock Hill

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Rock Hill.

Rock Hill at a glance
Employed Residents
36,721
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
21.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
29.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Charlotte
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Rock Hill proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Rock Hill commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

57
Commute Score

57 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Rock Hill

36,721 commutes, one dot at a time

Rock Hill

Where 36,721 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Rock Hill, by worker count.

1Rock Hill0.0 mi10,852
2Charlotte21.6 mi7,150
3Fort Mill6.5 mi1,416
4Columbia63.5 mi740
5Greenville77.2 mi525
6Lancaster20.8 mi381
7York12.6 mi349
8Pineville12.4 mi331

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Rock Hill.

1Rock Hill0.0 mi10,852
2Charlotte21.6 mi2,791
3Fort Mill6.5 mi1,132
4York12.6 mi725
5Newport5.0 mi681
6India Hook5.1 mi505
7Lake Wylie11.4 mi485
8Tega Cay6.9 mi478

Top industries

The sectors that employ Rock Hill’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.9%
RTRetail Trade14.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services12.3%
EDEducational Services9.0%
MFManufacturing8.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.5%
COConstruction5.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.4%
WSWholesale Trade4.1%
Connectivity

Internet options for Rock Hill

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Rock Hill

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