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Roanoke Rapids township, Halifax County, NC

20,896 Population
30.4 square miles 687.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Halifax County: 43.8 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,376 ±$2,178 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Halifax County: $26,951 ±$1,439
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$49,406 ±$7,195 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Halifax County: $45,071 ±$3,222
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

22.8% ±4.5% (4,737  ±959) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Halifax County: 25.2% † 11,826 (±2.8% / ±1,317)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.3 minutes ±2.2 (161,210  ±21,551) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Halifax County: 24.4 399,565 (±1.1 / ±26,718)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

8,772 ±452 Number of households
  • Halifax County: 20,269 ±496
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.2 (20,722  ±862) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Halifax County: 2.3 47,017 (±0.1 / ±88)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6% ±2.6% (263  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Halifax County: 4.9% † 478 (±1.5% / ±142)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

9,848 ±456 Number of housing units
  • Halifax County: 24,849 ±76
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$115,800 ±$7,869 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Halifax County: $102,500 ±$7,229
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.2% ±3.2% (2,725  ±664) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Halifax County: 10.6% † 5,050 (±1.7% / ±816.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.4% ±4.4% (12,390  ±840.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Halifax County: 80.9% 27,909 (±3.3% / ±1,125.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19.9% ±2.9% (2,921  ±437.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Halifax County: 15.5% † 5,332 (±1.6% / ±554.7)
  • 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

3.2% ±1.5% (670  ±320) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Halifax County: 2.5% 1,192
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.6% ±1.3% (1,051  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Halifax County: 6.1% † 2,318 (±0.7% / ±265)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,051 Total veterans ±211 1,037 Male ±213 14 Female ±17

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