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Rocky Mount, NC

54,548 Population
44.2 square miles 1,234.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.7 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$24,480 ±$1,485 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $24,973 ±$885
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $30,783 ±$154
$40,633 ±$2,714 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $44,559 ±$2,005
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $54,602 ±$231

19.2% ±2.4% (10,259  ±1,281) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 18.3% 26,261 (±1.2% / ±1,774)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,467,591 (±0.2% / ±17,884)

21.5 minutes ±1.3 (493,235  ±35,990) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 22.9 1,396,585 (±0.6 / ±47,593)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 24.8 111,158,735 (±0.1 / ±446,673)

Families

22,260 ±590 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 58,162 ±747
  • North Carolina: 3,965,482 ±10,327
2.4 ±0.1 (53,406  ±267) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.5 143,897 (±0 / ±492)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,987,956 (±0)

3.3% ±1.7% (417  ±216) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 5.8% † 1,891 (±1.1% / ±354)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 123,554 (±0.1% / ±2,927)

Housing

26,817 ±578 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 68,035 ±224
  • North Carolina: 4,627,089 ±676

$113,100 ±$4,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $111,100 ±$3,084
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $172,500 ±$438

17.1% ±2.4% (9,213  ±1,287.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 11.8% 17,060 (±1.1% / ±1,612.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 15.2% 1,543,434 (±0.2% / ±15,840.9)

Social

85.2% ±3.3% (31,316  ±1,335.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 84% 84,956 (±1.9% / ±1,909.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,130,463 (±0.3% / ±18,865.8)
20.3% ±1.7% (7,445  ±640.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 18.2% 18,388 (±1% / ±972.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 31.3% 2,182,853 (±0.2% / ±11,120.3)

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

3.4% ±0.8% (1,849  ±423) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.4% 5,043 (±0.3% / ±455)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 822,764 (±0.1% / ±7,421)

7.9% ±1.1% (3,299  ±443) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 7.8% 8,828 (±0.5% / ±587)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 659,584 (±0.1% / ±6,241)
3,299 Total veterans ±443 2,919 Male ±419 380 Female ±151

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