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Rocky Mount, NC

54,982 Population
44.2 square miles 1,244.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$23,077 ±$1,325 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $24,474 ±$774
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $29,456 ±$143
$40,665 ±$2,499 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $43,989 ±$1,131
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $52,413 ±$224

21% ±2.7% (11,310  ±1,452) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 18.5% 26,692 (±1.3% / ±1,809)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 15.4% 1,523,949 (±0.2% / ±15,319)

20.5 minutes ±0.8 (459,205  ±28,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 22.3 1,369,310 (±0.5 / ±43,012)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 107,805,790 (±0.1 / ±523,091)

Families

21,968 ±534 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 58,091 ±682
  • North Carolina: 3,918,597 ±8,585
2.5 ±0.1 (53,765  ±225) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.5 144,487 (±0 / ±409)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,882,910 (±0)

3.9% ±1.6% (509  ±211) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 6.1% † 2,022 (±1% / ±329)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5% 122,146 (±0.1% / ±2,525)

Housing

26,355 ±627 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 67,821 ±176
  • North Carolina: 4,573,066 ±829

$109,500 ±$5,029 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $109,200 ±$2,609
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $165,900 ±$470

17.4% ±2.6% (9,457  ±1,411.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 11.8% 17,081 (±1.2% / ±1,675.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 15.3% 1,531,018 (±0.1% / ±13,990.5)

Social

84.2% ±3.2% (30,981  ±1,277.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 83.3% 84,356 (±1.9% / ±1,883.1)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 87.4% 6,011,908 (±0.3% / ±17,962.2)
20.4% ±1.8% (7,498  ±673.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 17.9% 18,134 (±1% / ±991.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 30.5% 2,099,206 (±0.2% / ±10,598.6)

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

3.9% ±0.8% (2,122  ±434) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.5% 5,147 (±0.3% / ±448)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 799,616 (±0.1% / ±5,938)

8.4% ±1% (3,496  ±425) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 8.2% 9,369 (±0.6% / ±695)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 667,696 (±0.1% / ±4,959)
3,496 Total veterans ±425 3,057 Male ±391 439 Female ±152

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