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Rocky Mount township, Nash County, NC

16,353 Population
23.8 square miles 686.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nash County: 41.5 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,865 ±$3,547 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nash County: $35,344 ±$1,181
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,143 ±$4,657 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nash County: $62,426 ±$2,990
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.8% ±5.8% (3,707  ±972) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Nash County: 11.8% † 11,175 (±1.5% / ±1,414)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±1.2 (126,985  ±17,059) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nash County: 23.7 915,850 (±0.8 / ±40,712)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,678 ±544 Number of households
  • Nash County: 38,797 ±583
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (16,158  ±1,168) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nash County: 2.4 94,449 (±0 / ±42)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±2.1% (113  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nash County: 3.5% † 735 (±1.1% / ±223)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,959 ±469 Number of housing units
  • Nash County: 43,797 ±152
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,000 ±$20,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nash County: $191,000 ±$9,931
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±4.1% (1,945  ±670.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nash County: 9.2% † 8,696 (±1.4% / ±1,329.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.1% ±4.4% (9,374  ±842.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nash County: 87.1% 58,656 (±3% / ±1,989.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±3.5% (1,998  ±404.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nash County: 22.1% 14,862 (±1.5% / ±999)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half 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

2.7% ±1.2% (435  ±198) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nash County: 4% 3,835
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±2.6% (983  ±321) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Nash County: 7.7% 5,784 (±0.8% / ±563)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
983 Total veterans ±321 978 Male ±321 5 Female ±8

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