Rock Hill, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,546
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
51.1
0.777% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
5.39%
27.1% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$112,344
6.24% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$402,700
3.2% 1-year decline
2024 Employed Population
1,247
18.9% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Rock Hill, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

93% of the residents in Rock Hill, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Rock Hill, NY was $402,700, and the homeownership rate was 86.3%.

Most people in Rock Hill, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 27 minutes. The average car ownership in Rock Hill, NY was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNew YorkSullivan County, NYSullivan & Ulster (West) Counties PUMA, NY

Population & Diversity

Rock Hill, NY is home to a population of 2.55k people, from which 93% are citizens. As of 2024, 14.9% of Rock Hill, NY residents were born outside of the country (380 people).

In 2024, there were 6.93 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.7k people) in Rock Hill, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 246 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 238 Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

93%
2024 Citizenship
93%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 93% of Rock Hill, NY residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Rock Hill, NY was 93%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Rock Hill, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.7k ± 363
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    246 ± 181
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    238 ± 218
16.3%
Hispanic Population
416 people

In 2024, there were 6.93 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.7k people) in Rock Hill, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 246 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 238 Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

16.3% of the people in Rock Hill, NY are hispanic (416 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Rock Hill, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New York.
Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

14.9%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
380 people
17.2%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
435 people

As of 2024, 14.9% of Rock Hill, NY residents (380 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Rock Hill, NY was 17.2%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    68 ± 80
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    13 ± 26

Rock Hill, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 5.23 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Rock Hill, NY employs 1.25k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Rock Hill, NY were Retail Trade (165 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (150 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (149 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($152,946), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($152,634), and Manufacturing ($106,923).

Employment

Occupations

1.25k
2024 Value
± 256
18.9%
1 Year growth
± 24.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Rock Hill, NY grew at a rate of 18.9%, from 1.05k employees to 1.25k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Rock Hill, NY, are Management Occupations (175 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (158 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (104 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Rock Hill, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

1.25k
2024 Value
± 256
18.9%
1 Year growth
± 24.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Rock Hill, NY grew at a rate of 18.9%, from 1.05k employees to 1.25k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Rock Hill, NY, are Retail Trade (165 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (150 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (149 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Rock Hill, NY, though some of these residents may live in Rock Hill, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$86,063
Median earning men ± $17,894
$62,750
Median earning women ± $25,586

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($185,688), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($154,821), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($93,854).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($88,882), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($71,467), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($52,500).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.
Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Rock Hill, NY was $402,700 in 2024, which is 1.21 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $416,000 to $402,700, a 3.2% decrease. The homeownership rate in Rock Hill, NY is 86.3%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Rock Hill, NY have an average commute time of 27 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Rock Hill, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$402,700
Median Property Value 2024
±$86,170
$855
Median Property Taxes
±$219

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Rock Hill, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Rock Hill, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

86.3%
Homeownership
2024
68.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 86.3% of the housing units in Rock Hill, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 83.7%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$112,344
Median Household Income
± $39,829
991
Number of Households
± 233

In 2024, the median household income of the 991 households in Rock Hill, NY grew to $112,344 from the previous year's value of $105,750.

The following chart displays the households in Rock Hill, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Rock Hill, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (76.3%)
  2. Worked At Home (9.81%)
  3. Carpooled (7.54%)

In 2024, 76.3% of workers in Rock Hill, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (9.81%) and those who carpooled to work (7.54%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

27 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Rock Hill, NY have a longer commute time (27 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 6.38% of the workforce in Rock Hill, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Rock Hill, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Rock Hill, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

5.39% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Rock Hill, NY (137 out of 2.54k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 75+, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Rock Hill, NY is White, followed by Other and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96% of the population of Rock Hill, NY has health coverage, with 53.6% on employee plans, 9.88% on Medicaid, 16.9% on Medicare, 15.6% on non-group plans, and 0% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 54.7% were men and 45.3% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 19.7% under 18 years, 7.75% between 18 and 34 years, 50.3% between 35 and 64 years, and 22.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 54.7% were men and 45.3% were women.

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Uninsured People

4.01%
Uninsured
53.6%
Employer Coverage
9.88%
Medicaid
16.9%
Medicare
15.6%
Non-Group
0%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Rock Hill, NY grew by 15.1% from 3.49% to 4.01%.

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