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27801

19,532 Population
66.6 square miles 293.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$22,495 ±$1,577 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $32,904 ±$832
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$44,884 ±$4,583 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $59,636 ±$2,138
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

27.6% ±5.5% (5,338  ±1,087) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 15.2% 21,582 (±1.4% / ±1,985)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

21.1 minutes ±0.7 (149,560  ±17,729) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.3 1,333,050 (±0.6 / ±50,280)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

7,222 ±443 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 58,449 ±741
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.7 ±0.2 (19,412  ±715) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.4 142,423 (±0 / ±41)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6.3% ±3.4% (305  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,555 (±1% / ±311)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

9,152 ±420 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 67,078 ±181
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$115,400 ±$11,439 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $167,800 ±$3,399
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

9.9% ±3.6% (1,892  ±697.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 9% † 12,917 (±1.1% / ±1,541.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

83.1% ±5.8% (10,190  ±846.5) 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)
15.9% ±3% (1,951  ±379.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 20.6% 20,792 (±1.1% / ±1,156.4)
  • about half 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

2% ±1.3% (380  ±245) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.8% 5,448
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.3% ±2.1% (1,163  ±303) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 7.7% 8,662 (±0.6% / ±637)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,163 Total veterans ±303 960 Male ±212 203 Female ±176

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