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27870

24,778 Population
65.2 square miles 380.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 45.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,560 ±$2,013 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $28,248 ±$1,215
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$48,994 ±$6,658 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $45,823 ±$2,730
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

22.5% ±4.3% (5,542  ±1,072) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 23.8% 15,137 (±2.4% / ±1,495)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.1 minutes ±2 (185,480  ±22,347) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 25.5 571,470 (±0.9 / ±29,827)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

10,225 ±443 Number of households
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 27,866 ±567
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (24,595  ±872) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.3 63,613 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.8% ±2.3% (307  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 6.4% † 806 (±1.4% / ±172)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

11,578 ±467 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 35,469 ±51
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$117,300 ±$8,053 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $102,400 ±$6,013
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11.6% ±2.7% (2,837  ±668.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 10.1% † 6,513 (±1.4% / ±893.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.8% ±4.2% (14,462  ±901.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 81.9% 38,909 (±2.7% / ±1,271.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19% ±2.6% (3,244  ±457.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 16.4% 7,810 (±1.4% / ±643.1)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

3.3% ±1.3% (813  ±323) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.2% 1,460
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7% ±1.2% (1,323  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 6.3% 3,273 (±0.6% / ±321)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,323 Total veterans ±235 1,300 Male ±238 23 Female ±21

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