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Rocky Mount, NC

54,375 Population
45 square miles 1,208.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.5 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$26,416 ±$1,592 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $27,007 ±$901
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $34,209 ±$175
$46,396 ±$2,145 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $49,369 ±$1,964
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $60,516 ±$353

18.9% ±2.6% (10,102  ±1,367) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 17.5% 24,794 (±1.4% / ±1,925)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.7% 1,379,672 (±0.2% / ±18,811)

21.3 minutes ±1.4 (462,425  ±36,958) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.2 1,344,490 (±0.6 / ±49,280)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 108,494,690 (±0.1 / ±490,242)

Families

22,232 ±732 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 56,736 ±809
  • North Carolina: 4,034,684 ±9,031
2.4 ±0.1 (53,313  ±299) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.5 141,815 (±0 / ±397)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,103,771 (±0)

3.4% ±2.1% (428  ±267) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,770 (±1.2% / ±373)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 124,231 (±0.1% / ±2,985)

Housing

26,496 ±604 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 66,410 ±174
  • North Carolina: 4,673,933 ±548

$114,400 ±$6,681 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $122,000 ±$3,632
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $197,500 ±$750

12.5% ±2.1% (6,728  ±1,154.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 9.6% † 13,686 (±1.1% / ±1,598.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14.1% 1,450,883 (±0.1% / ±14,334)

Social

87.3% ±3.9% (32,875  ±1,604.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 86.4% 86,357 (±2.3% / ±2,269.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89% 6,308,190 (±0.3% / ±20,630.4)
22% ±2.3% (8,290  ±881.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 20.3% 20,298 (±1.2% / ±1,176.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 33% 2,339,163 (±0.2% / ±12,758.5)

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

3% ±0.7% (1,632  ±360) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.8% 5,451 (±0.3% / ±417)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 845,983 (±0.1% / ±7,686)

9.7% ±1.5% (4,141  ±658) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 8.5% 9,509 (±0.7% / ±813)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8% 637,790 (±0.1% / ±6,230)
4,141 Total veterans ±658 3,740 Male ±598 401 Female ±206

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