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Roanoke Rapids, NC

15,024 Population
9.9 square miles 1,515.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 45.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,306 ±$2,899 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $28,248 ±$1,215
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$53,981 ±$7,399 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $45,823 ±$2,730
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

21.8% ±4.7% (3,251  ±705) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 23.8% 15,137 (±2.4% / ±1,495)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.5 minutes ±3.1 (112,945  ±20,433) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 25.5 571,470 (±0.9 / ±29,827)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,133 ±314 Number of households
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 27,866 ±567
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (14,860  ±51) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.3 63,613 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.5% ±3.1% (215  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 6.4% † 806 (±1.4% / ±172)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

6,843 ±358 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 35,469 ±51
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$129,400 ±$15,862 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $102,400 ±$6,013
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11.8% ±3.6% (1,747  ±532.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 10.1% † 6,513 (±1.4% / ±893.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87.4% ±6.6% (8,778  ±762) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 81.9% 38,909 (±2.7% / ±1,271.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
21.8% ±3.7% (2,192  ±383.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 16.4% 7,810 (±1.4% / ±643.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

3.8% ±2.1% (569  ±311) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.2% 1,460
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.5% ±1.7% (725  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 6.3% 3,273 (±0.6% / ±321)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
725 Total veterans ±190 711 Male ±192 14 Female ±17

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