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Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area

144,090 Population
1,045.9 square miles 137.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$30,710 ±$2,231 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$53,896 ±$3,548 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

14.3% ±3.3% (20,187  ±4,673) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

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

58,696 ±1,815 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0.1 (141,657  ±104) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

2.6% ±1.7% (828  ±542) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

67,200 ±53 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$166,100 ±$10,808 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.4% ±3.1% (19,240  ±4,435.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

83.1% ±4.4% (83,670  ±4,532.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
21% ±2.3% (21,131  ±2,338) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

4% (5,823  ±1,192) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6% ±1% (6,686  ±1,091) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
6,686 Total veterans ±1,091 5,547 Male ±1,028 1,139 Female ±516

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