Rocky Mount.
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North Carolina·Nash County
16 tracts·33K people·$166K median·749/mi²
Black 62 · White 26 · Hispanic 6 · Multiracial 3 · Asian 1 · Other 1
Living alone 38 · Other 34 · Married couple 29
Health 26 · Retail 23 · Professional 18 · Leisure 15 · Manufacturing 10 · Public admin 7 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 29 · Production · transport 25 · Sales · office 22 · Service 19 · Construction · maintenance 5
Drive alone 80 · Carpool 15 · Work from home 7 · Transit 1 · Walk 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Rocky Mount is $165,700 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Rocky Mount has 54,297 residents across 11 census tracts and 13 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 40.7; the population is 62.4% Black, 26.0% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% Multiracial, 1.5% Asian and 1.2% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 22.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 19.7% (Census ACS).
Englewood Elementary (50%), Benvenue Elementary (48%) and Winstead Avenue Elementary (46%) lead the elementary schools; Rocky Mount Middle is the middle school with reported scores (30%); CITI High School (72%), Nash Central High (65%) and Rocky Mount High (34%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $957/month, 39% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Rocky Mount is $55,534 a year, 35% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Rocky Mount, median rent is $957/month and the median home value is $165,700 (Census ACS).
Rocky Mount reported 8.8 violent crimes and 32.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 88°F; winter lows average 33°F; there are 80 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 48 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Rocky Mount are winter weather (100), tornado (93) and inland flooding (92), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.09g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Rocky Mount, 0.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).