COMPARING TWO PLACES
Seaboard vs Rocky Mount
PLACE A
Seaboard, North Carolina
VS
PLACE B
Rocky Mount, Virginia
Seaboard is 90% smaller than Rocky Mount. Rocky Mount earns more, with a median household income $37,504 higher. Rocky Mount has grown faster since 2000 (2% vs -14%).
SEABOARDROCKY MOUNTDIFFERENCE
Total population5044,973−90% vs Rocky Mount
Population density523728−205
Population growth-14.2%2.2%−16.4 pts
Median age44.145.6−1.5
Male42.4%43.0%−0.6 pts
Female57.6%57.0%+0.6 pts
Foreign-born1.9%3.9%−2.0 pts
White, non-Hispanic10.1%59.6%−49.5 pts
Black85.6%27.1%+58.6 pts
Hispanic / Latino0.3%6.2%−5.8 pts
Asian0.0%1.0%−1.0 pts
Other3.9%6.2%−2.2 pts
Median household income$25,776$63,280−$37,504
Per capita income$21,077$30,512−$9,435
Poverty rate30.9%18.6%+12.3 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4370.424+0.0
Bachelor's degree or higher7.7%21.7%−14.1 pts
Graduate degree3.3%9.3%−5.9 pts
Unemployment rate0.8%2.8%−2.0 pts
Labor force participation48.2%55.9%−7.7 pts
Median home value$91,500$207,000−$115,500
Median gross rent$508$890−$382
Owner-occupied43.5%56.4%−12.9 pts
Housing vacancy rate25.1%7.5%+17.6 pts
Rent-burdened households68.5%43.5%+25.0 pts
Average commute32.526.0+6.5
Worked from home1.7%9.8%−8.1 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.0%Even
Uninsured5.8%9.2%−3.4 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025