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27557

8,657 Population
67.2 square miles 128.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$35,157 ±$5,206 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $32,904 ±$832
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$71,541 ±$17,646 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $59,636 ±$2,138
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

9.6% ±4.6% (825  ±410) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 15.2% 21,582 (±1.4% / ±1,985)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

36.3 minutes ±6.6 (147,065  ±39,972) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.3 1,333,050 (±0.6 / ±50,280)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,992 ±386 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 58,449 ±741
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.9 ±0.2 (8,601  ±1,204) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.4 142,423 (±0 / ±41)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

10.3% ±8.7% (202  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,555 (±1% / ±311)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,213 ±394 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 67,078 ±181
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$199,900 ±$29,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $167,800 ±$3,399
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.3% ±3.5% (707  ±316.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 9% † 12,917 (±1.1% / ±1,541.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

83.2% ±16.8% (5,032  ±676.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 86.4% 87,454 (±2.3% / ±2,295.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
20.2% ±3.7% (1,221  ±291.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 20.6% 20,792 (±1.1% / ±1,156.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

8.3% ±3% (719  ±280) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.8% 5,448
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.9% ±2.8% (393  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 7.7% 8,662 (±0.6% / ±637)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
393 Total veterans ±198 274 Male ±105 119 Female ±163

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