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Rocky Mount, NC

54,297 Population
45.2 square miles 1,200.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,561 ±$1,617 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $32,904 ±$832
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,534 ±$2,420 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $59,636 ±$2,138
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.7% ±3% (10,490  ±1,608) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 15.2% 21,582 (±1.4% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.6 minutes ±0.8 (441,555  ±29,751) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.3 1,333,050 (±0.6 / ±50,280)
  • 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

23,364 ±763 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 58,449 ±741
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (53,299  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.4 142,423 (±0 / ±41)
  • 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

3.4% ±1.5% (437  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,555 (±1% / ±311)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

26,869 ±711 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 67,078 ±181
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,700 ±$7,781 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $167,800 ±$3,399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±2.2% (6,144  ±1,207.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 9% † 12,917 (±1.1% / ±1,541.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.3% ±3.9% (32,771  ±1,674) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 86.4% 87,454 (±2.3% / ±2,295.5)
  • 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)
22.9% ±2.2% (8,604  ±859) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 20.6% 20,792 (±1.1% / ±1,156.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.8% ±0.7% (2,037  ±383) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.8% 5,448
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±1.3% (3,824  ±551) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 7.7% 8,662 (±0.6% / ±637)
  • 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)
3,824 Total veterans ±551 3,381 Male ±472 443 Female ±211

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