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Roanoke township, Northampton County, NC

1,023 Population
71.4 square miles 14.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±7.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Northampton County: 52 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,534 ±$3,860 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Northampton County: $32,746 ±$1,731
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,922 ±$19,955 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Northampton County: $50,086 ±$3,007
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.3% ±16% (176  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Northampton County: 21.1% † 3,469 (±3% / ±488)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25 minutes ±3.2 (6,715  ±3,506) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Northampton County: 29.9 184,385 (±2.5 / ±19,214)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

349 ±98 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 7,857 ±248
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (789  ±258) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northampton County: 2.1 16,462 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.4% ±11.9% (20  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Northampton County: 9.9% † 276 (±3.5% / ±97)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

674 ±122 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 10,641 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$108,900 ±$21,914 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Northampton County: $114,500 ±$10,415
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.1% ±7.8% (190  ±90.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Northampton County: 8.1% † 1,362 (±1.9% / ±314.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.7% ±6.6% (743  ±179.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Northampton County: 85.1% 10,928 (±4.4% / ±564.8)
  • 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)
4.5% ±4.4% (39  ±39.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Northampton County: 17.9% † 2,297 (±2.1% / ±269)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • less than a fifth 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

2.4% ±4.8% (24  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Northampton County: 1.3% 221
  • 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

9.4% ±3.7% (85  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Northampton County: 7.3% † 1,017 (±1.2% / ±169)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
85 Total veterans ±38 79 Male ±38 6 Female ±7

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