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Rocky Mount, NC Urban Area

63,163 Population
44.9 square miles 1,407.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,515 ±$1,459 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,308 ±$1,963 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.7% ±2.8% (11,595  ±1,720) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.2 minutes ±0.7 (527,225  ±33,679) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,876 ±723 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (62,058  ±938) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±1.6% (544  ±242) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

30,698 ±695 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$170,200 ±$6,861 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±2.1% (6,685  ±1,289.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.1% ±3.6% (37,855  ±1,787.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.6% ±2.1% (9,802  ±922.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of 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

3.5% ±0.7% (2,189  ±429) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±1.1% (4,217  ±566) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,217 Total veterans ±566 3,686 Male ±489 531 Female ±211

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