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Red Oak, NC

3,372 Population
19.5 square miles 172.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.2 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,655 ±$13,163 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $31,273 ±$1,071
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$81,464 ±$20,270 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $57,437 ±$1,963
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

2.8% ±2.7% (95  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 16.7% 23,632 (±1.1% / ±1,554)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.8 minutes ±4.8 (34,670  ±8,832) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.4 1,323,940 (±0.8 / ±58,114)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,487 ±143 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 57,656 ±671
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (3,372  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.5 141,636 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,538 ±163 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 66,795 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$236,200 ±$42,755 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $153,000 ±$5,212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

5.3% ±5.8% (180  ±197) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 9.7% † 13,754 (±1.1% / ±1,594.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

95.7% ±15.4% (2,571  ±431) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 85.7% 86,107 (±2.3% / ±2,309.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
30.1% ±8.1% (808  ±220) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 20% 20,128 (±1.2% / ±1,230.5)
  • about 90 percent of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

17.2% ±7% (479  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 7.5% 8,389 (±0.6% / ±641)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
479 Total veterans ±197 447 Male ±186 32 Female ±37

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