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Rocky Mount, NC Urban Area

63,413 Population
44.9 square miles 1,412 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,600 ±$1,879 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$54,045 ±$2,132 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.2% ±2.3% (12,615  ±1,417) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.6 minutes ±0.6 (542,555  ±32,545) 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

26,764 ±636 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (62,282  ±894) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.5% ±1.4% (513  ±211) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

31,021 ±636 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$157,000 ±$6,713 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.1% ±2% (7,594  ±1,233.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

86.7% ±3.7% (38,056  ±1,749.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
22.3% ±2.2% (9,778  ±974.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

3% ±0.7% (1,888  ±415) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.2% ±1.1% (4,085  ±564) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
4,085 Total veterans ±564 3,623 Male ±483 462 Female ±224

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