Rex is a city of 59 people in North Carolina. At a median age of 56.8, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 100% of homes are owner-occupied. Median home value sits at $105,400. The foreign-born share is 0%.
At a glance
Older
median age 56.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
0% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 58%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Rex
What changed most since 2000
Black share40.0% → 0.0%(−40.0 pts)US over the same years: −0.1 pts
Median age33.8 → 56.8(+23.0 years)US over the same years: +3.7 years
Homes owned by their occupants70.6% → 100.0%(+29.4 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Rex, decade by decade
Rex population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
55
$364,333+
$250,478
0.0%
75.0
2010
55
–
–
–
71.1
2020
50
–
–
0.0%
0.0
2024
59
–
$105,400
0.0%
46.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
