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Rocky Mount township, Nash County, NC

15,954 Population
23.8 square miles 669.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±5.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Nash County: 41.6 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,651 ±$3,936 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nash County: $33,336 ±$1,354
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$47,352 ±$6,901 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nash County: $60,704 ±$2,284
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

25.6% ±4% (4,064  ±694) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Nash County: 14% † 13,116 (±1.4% / ±1,318)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19.8 minutes ±1.2 (115,550  ±16,100) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nash County: 23.7 900,235 (±1 / ±48,181)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,546 ±462 Number of households
  • Nash County: 38,123 ±595
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.2 (15,753  ±1,043) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nash County: 2.5 93,596 (±0 / ±49)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.1% ±2.1% (112  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nash County: 3.4% † 720 (±1.1% / ±232)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

8,121 ±443 Number of housing units
  • Nash County: 43,537 ±56
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$139,100 ±$25,914 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nash County: $171,100 ±$5,158
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.6% ±3.4% (1,988  ±557.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nash County: 10.2% † 9,598 (±1.4% / ±1,297.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.6% ±4.8% (9,018  ±854.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nash County: 86.4% 57,507 (±2.9% / ±1,937.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17.3% ±3.7% (1,847  ±418.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nash County: 21.7% 14,459 (±1.5% / ±1,001.6)
  • about half 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

1.5% ±1% (231  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Nash County: 4% 3,825
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.1% ±2.6% (947  ±314) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nash County: 7.5% 5,564 (±0.7% / ±548)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
947 Total veterans ±314 943 Male ±312 4 Female ±7

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