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27856

17,081 Population
127.8 square miles 133.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,100 ±$3,648 Per capita income
  • a little 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
$66,510 ±$7,043 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $59,636 ±$2,138
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

13% ±3.3% (2,140  ±556) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 15.2% 21,582 (±1.4% / ±1,985)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.4 minutes ±2.7 (158,070  ±25,337) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.3 1,333,050 (±0.6 / ±50,280)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

6,447 ±540 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 58,449 ±741
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.3 (16,409  ±1,076) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.4 142,423 (±0 / ±41)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.2% ±4% (179  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,555 (±1% / ±311)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

7,283 ±583 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 67,078 ±181
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$194,600 ±$23,523 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

7.9% ±3% (1,339  ±510.7) 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 three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

86.4% ±3.5% (10,449  ±861) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 86.4% 87,454 (±2.3% / ±2,295.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
18.8% ±2.7% (2,276  ±366.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent 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% ±1.2% (357  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.8% 5,448
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.3% ±2% (960  ±278) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 7.7% 8,662 (±0.6% / ±637)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
960 Total veterans ±278 793 Male ±244 167 Female ±123

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