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27823

6,553 Population
183.7 square miles 35.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 46 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$23,253 ±$4,667 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $28,984 ±$1,107
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$34,940 ±$5,663 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $47,104 ±$2,728
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

29.9% ±8% (1,951  ±548) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 22.4% 14,032 (±1.9% / ±1,159)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

28.3 minutes ±2.6 (54,490  ±8,874) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 26.8 600,445 (±1.4 / ±39,411)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,528 ±237 Number of households
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 28,240 ±482
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.3 (6,523  ±599) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.2 62,928 (±0 / ±58)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

1.8% ±2% (26  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 6.3% † 777 (±1.6% / ±196)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,259 ±259 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 35,513 ±73
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$89,800 ±$25,517 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $108,600 ±$5,824
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

5.6% ±2.9% (367  ±192.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 10.3% † 6,613 (±1.3% / ±854.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

77.6% ±7.4% (3,500  ±450.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 83% 38,931 (±2.6% / ±1,212.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
8.5% ±2.7% (382  ±124.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 16.6% 7,790 (±1.2% / ±540.4)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.9% ±0.9% (57  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.4% 1,521
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.7% ±1.9% (231  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 7.1% 3,645 (±0.7% / ±357)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
231 Total veterans ±96 231 Male ±96 N/A Female ±19

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