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Red Oak, NC

3,405 Population
19.5 square miles 174.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$66,250 ±$15,117 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $32,904 ±$832
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,214 ±$11,866 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $59,636 ±$2,138
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.2% ±2.7% (74  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 15.2% 21,582 (±1.4% / ±1,985)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±3.4 (28,820  ±7,802) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.3 1,333,050 (±0.6 / ±50,280)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,424 ±164 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 58,449 ±741
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (3,405  ±17) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.4 142,423 (±0 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±6.1% (22  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,555 (±1% / ±311)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,474 ±180 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 67,078 ±181
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$271,800 ±$109,003 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $167,800 ±$3,399
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±6.2% (184  ±209.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 9% † 12,917 (±1.1% / ±1,541.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±16.1% (2,515  ±458.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 86.4% 87,454 (±2.3% / ±2,295.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37% ±9% (978  ±247.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 20.6% 20,792 (±1.1% / ±1,156.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

12.7% ±6.1% (352  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 7.7% 8,662 (±0.6% / ±637)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
352 Total veterans ±171 316 Male ±145 36 Female ±45

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