29732Rock Hill, South Carolina

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 29732.

74out of 100
Area Score
Top 9% of 5,298 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 29% of 6,210 ZIP areas measured65
SchoolsTop 47% of 4,422 ZIP areas measured54
GrowthTop 1% of 5,428 ZIP areas measured86
Housing affordabilityTop 37% of 6,685 ZIP areas measured88
ClimateTop 28% of 6,789 ZIP areas measured75
Physical resilienceTop 31% of 6,709 ZIP areas measured74
AccessTop 49% of 6,791 ZIP areas measured93
Economic stabilityTop 24% of 6,742 ZIP areas measured73
The quick read

Unemployment is 5.2% and median household income $84,937, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 1,334 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 431% on the prior year.

A major airport is 18 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
57,675
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$84,937
Top 32% nationally
Density
1,092/sq mi
52.8 sq mi of land
Median age
41.2
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Rock Hill
South Carolina
Metro area
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Nearest major airport
CLT
18 mi · Charlotte/Douglas Intl
Median home value
$334,000
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.2% is lower than 22% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 3.4% over the past year, to 39,760 employed residents.

41% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 80% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$5,759$84,937Top 32%of 31,2952024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,805$43,349Top 31%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate7.6%Bottom 34%of 32,9702024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute29.1 minTop 43%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher40.5%Top 20%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Employment39,760Bottom 39%of 6,544June 2026
Employment change (3 years)3.4%Top 12%of 6,542June 2026
Employment change (year over year)3.4%Top 1%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force41,935Bottom 40%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force participation67.8%Top 22%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$68,900Top 44%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Median annual wage$49,990Bottom 46%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.3%Bottom 31%of 6,544June 2026
Unemployment rate5.2%Top 22%of 6,544June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202485k72k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $84,937 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand40,540$38,850
Retail Salespersons35,150$33,580
Cashiers27,350$29,610
Fast Food and Counter Workers27,050$28,880
Registered Nurses27,010$90,620
Customer Service Representatives26,120$44,980

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Rock Hill, SC, the city containing this ZIP code.

38% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 44% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 14.6 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
12
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
14.6
across all schools here
Math proficiency
38.3%
Top 49% in South Carolina
Reading proficiency
43.7%
Top 49% in South Carolina
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Northwestern HighYork 031,82217.0
York Preparatory Academy · charterSC Public Charter School District1,67215.850%53%
Dutchman Creek MiddleYork 0385615.937%42%
Riverwalk Academy · charterSC Public Charter School District75512.226%39%
Rawlinson Road MiddleYork 0364413.422%32%
Old Pointe ElementaryYork 0356515.346%51%
India Hook ElementaryYork 0349513.450%52%
Mount Gallant ElementaryYork 0346914.247%49%
Richmond Drive ElementaryYork 0346712.036%41%
Ebinport ElementaryYork 0346412.922%30%
York Road ElementaryYork 0343112.730%28%
Applied Technology CenterYork 030

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against South Carolina’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Prices for everything a household buys run about 3% below the national average, on the Bureau of Economic Analysis index. Housing drives most of that difference.

Median rent of $1,333 takes 19% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.9 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Cost of living
97.3

Prices here run about 3% below the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Rent as a share of income
18.8%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.9×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,333
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$334,000
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living index97.3Bottom 39%of 6,0712023
Home price to income3.93Top 30%of 30,4042024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate73.0%Bottom 36%of 32,9102024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±79824,919Top 1%of 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$47$1,333Top 29%of 26,6182024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$8,508$334,000Top 28%of 30,9412024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income18.8%Top 42%of 26,4702024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate5.1%Bottom 23%of 33,0282024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
86/ 100
Top 1% of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

81% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 17.7 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
1,334
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
17.7
Top 3% nationally
Year over year
+431%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
80.6%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Rock Hill, SC, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 90°F and January a low of 31°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 42.4 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 46, in the Good band, and one day a year passes 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station ROCK HILL YORK CO AP, 1.8 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.0"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index64.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation42.4"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low31°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high90°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10012024 calendar year
Median air quality index46.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing38°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
46
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
64
90th percentile index
Days above 100
1
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

74 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are cold wave, ice storm and earthquake.

Ice stormElevated
LightningModerate
EarthquakeModerate
Cold waveHigh
HurricaneModerate
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: tornado, strong wind, inland flooding, heat wave, drought, winter weather, wildfire, hail.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

York County records 6.0 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 15.4 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 23.1 per 100,000 residents in York County.

Homicide
6.0
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
15.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
23.1
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
12.1
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for York County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 29732 rather than 29732 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Cost of living now is — the index above is the Bureau of Economic Analysis price parity for this area — but it is a price level for all consumption rather than a budget for a household, its spread is driven mostly by housing, and it excludes taxes. Housing affordability is computed separately from rent, price and income, because that answers a narrower and more actionable question. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 18 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Charlotte/Douglas IntlCLT18 mi10,000 ft
Columbia MetroCAE71 mi8,601 ft
Donaldson FldGYH75 mi8,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023Annually, each December
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

29732 vs Rock Hill

How this ZIP area compares with Rock Hill as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

29732
Rock Hill
Median household income
$84,937
vs
$68,771
Per capita income
$43,349
vs
$37,612
Population density
1,092/sq mi
vs
1,692/sq mi
Median home value
$334,000
vs
$295,100
Median gross rent
$1,333
vs
$1,341
Homeownership rate
73.0%
vs
54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
40.5%
vs
35.1%
Poverty rate
7.6%
vs
12.6%
Median age
41.2
vs
35.7

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.