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Roanoke Rapids, NC

15,143 Population
9.9 square miles 1,527.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 45.6 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,714 ±$2,581 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $26,440 ±$1,026
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$45,732 ±$6,989 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $42,846 ±$1,938
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

20.4% ±4.5% (3,063  ±675) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 22.5% 14,479 (±1.8% / ±1,169)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

20.4 minutes ±3 (117,655  ±20,207) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 24.4 559,630 (±1.2 / ±35,880)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

6,318 ±327 Number of households
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 27,602 ±486
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.4 ±0.1 (14,971  ±23) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.3 64,345 (±0 / ±69)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

3% ±2.3% (96  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 5.3% † 680 (±1.6% / ±206)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

7,035 ±317 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 35,499 ±71
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$126,000 ±$13,417 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $97,900 ±$4,549
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

12.3% ±3.6% (1,851  ±,536.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 9.3% † 6,137 (±1.3% / ±,825.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

86.2% ±6.4% (8,720  ±,722.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 81.8% 39,260 (±2.6% / ±1,246.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
23% ±4% (2,326  ±,413.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 16.3% 7,823 (±1.3% / ±638)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

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

3.7% ±2.1% (567  ±320) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.3% 1,534
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

6.5% ±1.5% (739  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 6% † 3,180 (±0.7% / ±380)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
739 Total veterans ±175 663 Male ±180 76 Female ±77

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