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27886

18,381 Population
191.5 square miles 96 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,693 ±$2,922 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $32,904 ±$832
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$52,850 ±$4,438 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $59,636 ±$2,138
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

19.6% ±3.6% (3,481  ±663) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 15.2% 21,582 (±1.4% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

21.8 minutes ±1.8 (157,000  ±19,099) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 23.3 1,333,050 (±0.6 / ±50,280)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

7,825 ±388 Number of households
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 58,449 ±741
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.1 (17,739  ±691) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 2.4 142,423 (±0 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

11.1% ±3.2% (376  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,555 (±1% / ±311)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

8,946 ±428 Number of housing units
  • the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 67,078 ±181
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$133,200 ±$11,901 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: $167,800 ±$3,399
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.6% ±2.3% (1,557  ±412.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 9% † 12,917 (±1.1% / ±1,541.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87.4% ±4.4% (11,854  ±771.6) 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)
19.7% ±2.8% (2,668  ±397.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than 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

5.7% ±1% (1,047  ±190) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area: 3.8% 5,448
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.2% ±2.1% (1,209  ±309) Population with veteran status
  • a little 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)
1,209 Total veterans ±309 1,142 Male ±305 67 Female ±60

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