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Rockfish, North Carolina.

A community in Hoke County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Hoke County’s.

Living in Rockfish, Hoke County, North Carolina

Rockfish, in Hoke County, had 3,383 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $64,476 a year and half less, against $64,912 across Hoke County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Hoke County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 3,383 in the 2020 census; median age 33.6
Household income $64,476 the median, give or take $7,748 · Hoke County: $64,912
Unemployment 4.5% Hoke County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Rockfish for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,399households
  • 23%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 33 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care30%
  • Shops (retail)15%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Building trades12%
  • Government8%
  • Banks, insurance and property6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hoke County had 9,285 jobs in 2025, 2.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 30°; warmest in July, 90° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 53° 30° F M A M J J 90° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 30°; warmest in July, 90° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 53° 30° F M A M J J 90° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 3 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Raeford weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Hoke County

  1. Hoke County SchoolsSchool district1,081FTE
  2. Butterball LLC, RaefordProcessed poultry manufacturing780
  3. Unilever345
  4. Elevate TextilesThread mills327
  5. Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalGeneral hospital284FTE
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters254
  7. Carpenter Contractors of AmericaTrusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing217
  8. Autumn Care of RaefordSkilled nursing facilities119

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,524 people in all across the county; Rockfish has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. TornadoesRelatively high
  3. WildfireRelatively moderate
  4. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  5. Strong windrelatively high in parts of RockfishRelatively moderate
  6. Heat wavesrelatively high in parts of RockfishRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Rockfish’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hoke County.