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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rocky Point is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rocky Point is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rocky Point who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (18.12%), sales jobs (12.66%), and teaching (11.14%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Rocky Point has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Rocky Point has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rocky Point than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rocky Point may be for you. In Rocky Point, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.15 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Rocky Point, even though it is a small town, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, town who have a need for low-cost transportation.The percentage of people in Rocky Point with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.71% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Rocky Point in 2022 was $29,029, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,116 for a family of four. However, Rocky Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 25.00% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rocky Point include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Rocky Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
