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Township 12, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, NC

16,685 Population
38.4 square miles 434.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Edgecombe County: 41.7 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,690 ±$2,069 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Edgecombe County: $27,235 ±$1,237
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$40,079 ±$5,005 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Edgecombe County: $48,480 ±$3,492
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

28.6% ±6.9% (4,777  ±1,169) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Edgecombe County: 21.9% † 10,516 (±2.5% / ±1,220)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.5 minutes ±1.9 (138,530  ±19,568) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Edgecombe County: 22.9 423,705 (±1.3 / ±30,679)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,250 ±473 Number of households
  • Edgecombe County: 19,533 ±400
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±0.2 (16,604  ±795) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Edgecombe County: 2.5 48,040 (±0.1 / ±49)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.4% ±3.4% (178  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Edgecombe County: 6.5% † 692 (±1.9% / ±198)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

7,985 ±445 Number of housing units
  • Edgecombe County: 23,258 ±82
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$109,000 ±$10,103 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Edgecombe County: $116,800 ±$5,426
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.3% ±3.5% (1,536  ±577.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Edgecombe County: 8.6% † 4,156 (±1.8% / ±870.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

82.5% ±5.9% (8,840  ±774.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Edgecombe County: 84.4% 28,600 (±3.5% / ±1,196.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
16.2% ±3.3% (1,736  ±365.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Edgecombe County: 16.7% † 5,669 (±1.7% / ±568.9)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% ±0.7% (178  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Edgecombe County: 3.1% 1,531
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

9% ±2.4% (1,110  ±294) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Edgecombe County: 7.5% † 2,825 (±1.1% / ±407)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,110 Total veterans ±294 875 Male ±229 235 Female ±183

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