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Rocky Mount, VA Urban Area

4,962 Population
6.8 square miles 734.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,307 ±$4,969 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,007 ±$12,781 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.4% ±6.9% (962  ±332) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26 minutes ±3.9 (53,980  ±12,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,151 ±213 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (4,649  ±297) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±3% (44  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,413 ±216 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$204,900 ±$16,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.3% ±8% (1,002  ±399.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±10.1% (3,385  ±459.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.4% ±6.9% (884  ±261.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of 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

5.3% ±3.1% (264  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±3.8% (285  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
285 Total veterans ±150 184 Male ±108 101 Female ±89

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