South Carolina · Census place 4561405
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Rock Hill is a city in York County, South Carolina with an estimated 75,798 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 5th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 75,798
- #5 of 152 in South Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +1.5%
- +1,144 people
- Land area
- 44.5 sq mi
- + 0.16 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,704 / sq mi
- State median 1,356
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Rock Hill population, 2020 to 2024
Rock Hill added 1,144 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +129. Among 66 South Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 47th; the median place changed by +4.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Carolina has 14,078 people, so Rock Hill is 5.4 times that size.
Rock Hill covers 44.49 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 1,704 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Rock Hill is denser than the typical town.
What county Rock Hill is in
All of Rock Hill's residents live in York County, which had 303,001 residents in 2024. Rock Hill holds 25.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rock Hill
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rock Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 29730, 29732, 29733. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Rock Hill is
The Census internal point of Rock Hill is at 34.938200, -81.019200. Columbia, the capital, is 64.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charlotte, NC (943,476 people), 21.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.938200, -81.019200
- DMS
- 34°56'17.52"N 81°01'9.12"W
- UTM
- 17N 498246.7E 3866189.9N
- Geohash
- dnnqu279g
- Plus code
- 866WWXQJ+78
Daylight in Rock Hill
At 34.94° N, Rock Hill gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rock Hill
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Fort Mill, 6.5 miles away, with 36,244 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rock Hill, SC?
75,798 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,144 (1.5%) from 74,654 in July 2020.
What county is Rock Hill in?
York County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rock Hill?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 29730, 29732, 29733.
How far is Rock Hill from Columbia?
64.8 miles (104.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Rock Hill.
What is the nearest larger city to Rock Hill?
Charlotte, NC, with 943,476 residents, 21.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.