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Roanoke Rapids, NC Urban Area

23,587 Population
15.8 square miles 1,491.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,686 ±$2,166 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,655 ±$3,315 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.7% ±3.2% (4,808  ±747) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±2.5 (194,620  ±27,005) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,898 ±458 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (23,383  ±749) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±2.7% (289  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,128 ±447 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,200 ±$12,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±2.9% (2,898  ±681.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86% ±4.3% (13,503  ±867.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.8% ±2.3% (3,111  ±382.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.5% ±1% (592  ±232) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±1.4% (1,339  ±250) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,339 Total veterans ±250 1,284 Male ±254 55 Female ±49

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