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27890

2,258 Population
9.2 square miles 245.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 46 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,580 ±$3,132 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $28,984 ±$1,107
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,875 ±$13,848 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: $47,104 ±$2,728
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.2% ±8.4% (627  ±210) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than 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)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.4 minutes ±5.7 (18,775  ±6,423) 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)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

947 ±132 Number of households
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 28,240 ±482
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,220  ±344) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.2 62,928 (±0 / ±58)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.8% ±8.6% (78  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 6.3% † 777 (±1.6% / ±196)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,091 ±127 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 35,513 ±73
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$94,800 ±$12,149 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 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
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.6% ±10.3% (496  ±238.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 10.3% † 6,613 (±1.3% / ±854.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.8% ±4.6% (1,111  ±195.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13% ±4.2% (181  ±65.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±0.7% (15  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 2.4% 1,521
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±3.7% (124  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area: 7.1% 3,645 (±0.7% / ±357)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
124 Total veterans ±65 113 Male ±58 11 Female ±17

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