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Rocky Mount, NC

54,175 Population
44.7 square miles 1,212.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,511 ±$2,196 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $31,273 ±$1,071
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$52,927 ±$2,799 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $57,437 ±$1,963
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

21.2% ±2.6% (11,293  ±1,376) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 16.7% 23,632 (±1.1% / ±1,554)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.4 minutes ±0.9 (456,435  ±30,308) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.4 1,323,940 (±0.8 / ±58,114)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

23,159 ±624 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 57,656 ±671
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.1 (53,130  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.5 141,636 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.1% ±1.6% (382  ±197) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,412 (±0.9% / ±297)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

27,052 ±612 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 66,795 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$148,300 ±$8,634 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $153,000 ±$5,212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.5% ±2.3% (6,696  ±1,217.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 9.7% † 13,754 (±1.1% / ±1,594.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

86.1% ±4% (32,482  ±1,612) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 85.7% 86,107 (±2.3% / ±2,309.6)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
21.5% ±2.3% (8,117  ±889.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 20% 20,128 (±1.2% / ±1,230.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

3.2% ±0.7% (1,737  ±393) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.7% 5,356
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.7% ±1.2% (3,726  ±523) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 7.5% 8,389 (±0.6% / ±641)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
3,726 Total veterans ±523 3,288 Male ±452 438 Female ±223

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