With 4,950 people, Rocky Mount is a city in Virginia. The median age is 45.6, about 7 years above the US median. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 22% of adults. Households here earn about 32% less than in Virginia as a whole. 4% of people here were born outside the United States. The typical home is worth $207,000, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $63,280, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 45.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 42%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Rocky Mount
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree15.4% → 21.7%(+6.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants63.4% → 56.4%(−6.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Black share21.7% → 27.1%(+5.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Rocky Mount's population equals 9.0% of Franklin County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 16% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 13% of the county's.
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
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)24.2%(69)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)12.3%(35)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.8%(105)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.9%(11)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.1%(3)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 285 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Rocky Mount, decade by decade
Rocky Mount 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
1990
4,098
$52,550
$114,963
15.4%
43.8
2000
4,066
$49,052
$145,915
15.6%
50.5
2010
4,799
$47,722
$189,460
15.0%
54.4
2020
4,903
$55,779
$172,594
26.9%
61.3
2024
4,950
$63,280
$207,000
21.7%
70.5
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.
