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Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

147,114 Population
1,045.9 square miles 140.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,025 ±$2,268 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$57,802 ±$4,549 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.4% ±2.4% (19,204  ±3,377) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.3 minutes ±0.6 (1,333,050  ±50,280) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

62,120 ±1,267 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (144,479  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9% ±4.5% (2,923  ±1,463) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

68,127 ±41 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$197,700 ±$19,068 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.4% ±2.4% (13,624  ±3,513.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.6% ±4.8% (92,601  ±5,230.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
22.5% ±2.7% (23,501  ±2,848.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.3% (6,282  ±985) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.6% ±1.5% (9,910  ±1,737) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,910 Total veterans ±1,737 8,868 Male ±1,667 1,042 Female ±568

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