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Rocky Mount, NC

54,260 Population
44.7 square miles 1,214.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,885 ±$1,862 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $29,885 ±$946
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$50,092 ±$3,673 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $53,553 ±$1,706
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

19.6% ±2.9% (10,459  ±1,517) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 17.1% 24,175 (±1.5% / ±2,075)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

21.3 minutes ±1.4 (472,490  ±39,824) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.6 1,364,450 (±0.6 / ±50,357)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

22,666 ±735 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 57,143 ±638
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.4 ±0.1 (53,182  ±91) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.5 141,462 (±0 / ±46)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

2.4% ±1.3% (287  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,359 (±1% / ±300)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

26,523 ±628 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 66,549 ±49
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$137,800 ±$5,585 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $141,800 ±$3,685
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

12.2% ±2.2% (6,597  ±1,158.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 9.7% † 13,859 (±1% / ±1,439.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

86.9% ±4.1% (32,229  ±1,647.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 86.2% 86,471 (±2.3% / ±2,351.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
21.9% ±2.5% (8,118  ±,934.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 20.5% 20,578 (±1.2% / ±1,239)
  • 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% ±0.6% (1,641  ±346) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.9% 5,551
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

8.6% ±1.3% (3,655  ±564) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 8% 8,917 (±0.6% / ±680)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
3,655 Total veterans ±564 3,219 Male ±486 436 Female ±236

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