Rocky Mount, NC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rocky Mount, NC: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 72,025. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet ROCKY-MOUNT-NC · Rocky Mount, NC 3 ZIPs · 72,025 pop · #19831/25278 · Nash County and Edgecombe County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $55,456
- RANK-LOWER #19831/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Macclesfield
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 55% owners
- POP-SMALL 72,025
- SPREAD-MOD 27801→27804
- HOME-LOW $166,400
Nearest income peer: Macclesfield, NC (+ $465 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Rocky Mount
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rocky Mount on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Castalia · lowest $33,718
Castalia · lowest
$33,718 median HH income
- Spring Hope · near
Spring Hope · near
$52,691 median HH income
- Tarboro · near
Tarboro · near
$52,850 median HH income
- Sharpsburg · near
Sharpsburg · near
$53,382 median HH income
- Rocky Mount · this city
Rocky Mount · this city
$55,456 median HH income
- Macclesfield · near
Macclesfield · near
$55,921 median HH income
- Battleboro · highest
Battleboro · highest
$88,750 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Rocky Mount, NC sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 22nd pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 72,025
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $55,456
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 3 ZIPs ($55,456 average) · poverty 17.9%. The primary code (27804) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (55.0%) for this income tier, rent $936 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within North Carolina, Star is the closest lower-income city and Pink Hill the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rocky Mount.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Rocky Mount differ
Housing values create the stronger within-city contrast here. ZIP 27801 has a median home value of $115,400, compared with $209,300 in 27804. Use the city average for a broad profile, then compare these ZIP pages when a housing decision depends on the local market.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.4×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.8×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 16.6 points
27801 to 27804
27801 to 27804
27804 to 27801
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Rocky Mount residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Rocky Mount: the largest, 27804, is only about 40% of 72,025 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Rocky Mount
Citywide ZBP: 1,606 establishments, 31,623 employees , annual payroll $1,478,665k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27804 (1,128 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (321) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .
ZIP Codes in Rocky Mount, NC
These ZIP codes straddle Nash County and Edgecombe County, so county-level figures split Rocky Mount between several administrative records. See the Nash County roll-up →
Rocky Mount lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Nash County and Edgecombe County: Nashville, Middlesex and Bailey earn more and Tarboro, Spring Hope and Castalia earn less. Battleboro marks the far end of that range at $88,750, 60% above Rocky Mount.
Side-by-side: Compare 27804 vs 27801 →
Rocky Mount roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Rocky Mount, .