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Roanoke Rapids, NC Urban Area

23,142 Population
15.8 square miles 1,463.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,334 ±$2,111 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$47,130 ±$4,439 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

22.6% ±3.4% (5,196  ±786) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.9 minutes ±2.2 (171,435  ±22,052) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

9,605 ±394 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (22,933  ±733) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.8% ±2.3% (298  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,829 ±426 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$116,000 ±$8,261 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.3% ±2.8% (2,804  ±648.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

83.8% ±4.6% (12,940  ±871.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
19.7% ±2.8% (3,039  ±453) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.7% ±1.4% (618  ±316) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.8% ±1.3% (1,180  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,180 Total veterans ±237 1,152 Male ±239 28 Female ±26

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