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27832

2,783 Population
33.4 square miles 83.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.6 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 46 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,423 ±$7,006 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $28,984 ±$1,107
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$52,194 ±$12,187 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $47,104 ±$2,728
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

26% ±6.5% (715  ±206) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 22.4% 14,032 (±1.9% / ±1,159)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.9 minutes ±2.1 (22,865  ±5,536) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 26.8 600,445 (±1.4 / ±39,411)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,226 ±177 Number of households
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 28,240 ±482
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.5 (2,755  ±389) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.2 62,928 (±0 / ±58)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

1.8% ±2.9% (9  ±15) 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

1,335 ±179 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 35,513 ±73
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$113,600 ±$39,931 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $108,600 ±$5,824
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

5.1% ±3.1% (143  ±89.1) 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

87.5% ±18.6% (1,728  ±257) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 83% 38,931 (±2.6% / ±1,212.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
11.6% ±3.6% (229  ±79.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 16.6% 7,790 (±1.2% / ±540.4)
  • about one-third 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% ±1.3% (26  ±37) 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

6.5% ±3.2% (141  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 7.1% 3,645 (±0.7% / ±357)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
141 Total veterans ±73 140 Male ±74 1 Female ±6

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