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Census Tract 203, Edgecombe, NC

5,737 Population
4.2 square miles 1,371.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rocky Mount: 40.7 ±2.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Edgecombe County: 41.7 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$19,617 ±$3,442 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rocky Mount: $31,561 ±$1,617
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Edgecombe County: $28,085 ±$1,335
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$39,592 ±$9,274 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rocky Mount: $55,534 ±$2,420
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Edgecombe County: $51,265 ±$3,893
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

29.4% ±12.7% (1,660  ±751) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rocky Mount: 19.7% † 10,490 (±3% / ±1,608)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Edgecombe County: 21.7% † 10,407 (±2.6% / ±1,237)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

20.4 minutes ±3.6 (40,185  ±11,577) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rocky Mount: 20.6 441,555 (±0.8 / ±29,751)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Edgecombe County: 22.5 417,200 (±1 / ±28,106)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,187 ±247 Number of households
  • Rocky Mount: 23,364 ±763
  • Edgecombe County: 19,652 ±475
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.2 (5,709  ±770) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rocky Mount: 2.3 53,299 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Edgecombe County: 2.4 47,974 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6.2% ±6% (85  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Rocky Mount: 3.4% † 437 (±1.5% / ±193)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Edgecombe County: 7.7% † 820 (±2.1% / ±226)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,581 ±280 Number of housing units
  • Rocky Mount: 26,869 ±711
  • Edgecombe County: 23,281 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$116,300 ±$21,102 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rocky Mount: $165,700 ±$7,781
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Edgecombe County: $125,100 ±$7,109
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

6.7% ±4.2% (375  ±239.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rocky Mount: 11.4% † 6,144 (±2.2% / ±1,207.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Edgecombe County: 8.8% † 4,221 (±1.8% / ±839.3)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.3% ±9.3% (3,133  ±520.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rocky Mount: 87.3% 32,771 (±3.9% / ±1,674)
  • about the same as the rate in Edgecombe County: 85.1% 28,798 (±3.6% / ±1,222.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
8.4% ±3.5% (310  ±135.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rocky Mount: 22.9% 8,604 (±2.2% / ±859)
  • about half the rate in Edgecombe County: 17.5% † 5,930 (±1.9% / ±638)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.2% ±3.6% (186  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rocky Mount: 3.8% † 2,037 (±0.7% / ±383)
  • about the same as the rate in Edgecombe County: 3.3% 1,613
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.5% ±3.2% (409  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Rocky Mount: 9% † 3,824 (±1.3% / ±551)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Edgecombe County: 7.7% † 2,878 (±1.1% / ±403)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
409 Total veterans ±145 382 Male ±134 27 Female ±37

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