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Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

145,383 Population
1,045.9 square miles 139 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,268 ±$2,523 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,388 ±$5,103 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.8% ±2.9% (22,531  ±4,076) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.6 minutes ±0.6 (1,364,450  ±50,357) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

59,997 ±1,874 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (142,859  ±121) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

6.2% ±2% (1,955  ±641) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

67,584 ±59 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$187,500 ±$17,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.2% ±2% (11,745  ±2,849.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

85.7% ±4.4% (87,081  ±4,594.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
19.7% ±2.3% (20,057  ±2,337.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

3.3% ±12,574.5% (4,784  ±1,516) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.5% ±1.1% (7,294  ±1,187) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,294 Total veterans ±1,187 6,484 Male ±1,202 810 Female ±460

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