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Population (year 2000): 55,893. Estimated
population in July 2005: 56,626 (+1.3% change)
Males: 25,710 (46.0%), Females: 30,183 (54.0%)
Nash County
Zip codes:
27801,
27803,
27804.
Median resident age: 35.2 years
Median household income: $32,661 (year 2000)
Median house value: $89,700 (year 2000)
Races in Rocky Mount:
- Black (56.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (40.3%)
- Hispanic (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- Other race (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (8.6%), United States
(8.5%), Irish (3.4%), German (3.0%), Scotch-Irish (1.5%),
Italian (1.2%).
Elevation: 100 feet
Land area: 35.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rocky Mount
- High school or higher: 74.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%
- Unemployed: 9.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rocky Mount city
- Never married: 30.0%
- Now married: 47.5%
- Separated: 4.4%
- Widowed: 8.5%
- Divorced: 9.5%
2.2% Foreign born (1.0% Latin America, 0.7%
Asia, 0.4% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,369 (+2.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Rocky Mount:
- LIFECARE HOSPITALS OF NC (1031 NOELL LANE)
- NASH GENERAL HOSPITAL (2460 CURTIS ELLIS
DRIVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Rocky Mount:
- WILSON MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles; WILSON, NC)
- HERITAGE HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; TARBORO, NC)
- OUR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 30 miles; SCOTLAND
NECK, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rocky Mount:
- ROCKY MOUNT-WILSON RGNL (about 9 miles; ROCKY MOUNT,
NC; ID: RWI)
- PITT-GREENVILLE (about 37 miles; GREENVILLE, NC; ID:
PGV)
- SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB (about 44 miles; GOLDSBORO, NC;
ID: GSB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rocky Mount:
- WILSON INDUSTRIAL AIR CENTER (about 18 miles;
WILSON, NC; ID: W03)
- TARBORO-EDGECOMBE (about 19 miles; TARBORO, NC; ID:
ETC)
- CRAFT AIR (about 29 miles; FARMVILLE, NC; ID: W38)
Amtrak station:
ROCKY MOUNT (101 HAMMOND ST.). Services: ticket office,
partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area,
public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, intercity bus
service.
Colleges/Universities in Rocky Mount:
- NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 1,496; Location: 3400 N WESLEYAN BLVD;
Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.ncwc.edu)
- NASH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,156;
Location: 522 N. Old Carriage Road; Public; Website:
www.nash.cc.nc.us)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rocky Mount:
- PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; GREENVILLE,
NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,072)
- EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles;
GREENVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 16,633)
- VANCE-GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
HENDERSON, NC; FT enrollment: 2,076)
- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH (about 58
miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 23,918)
- SHAW UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,299)
- WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 62 miles;
RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 4,754)
- MEREDITH COLLEGE (about 63 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,173)
Public high schools in Rocky Mount:
- NORTHERN NASH HIGH (Students: 1,460;
Location: 4230 GREEN HILLS RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- ROCKY MOUNT HIGH (Students: 1,405; Location:
308 S TILLERY ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- NASH CENTRAL HIGH (Students: 946; Location:
1129 S OLD CARRIAGE ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- N-RMS MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH (Students: 66;
Location: 530 N OLD CARRIAGE ROAD; Grades: 10 - 12)
Private high schools in Rocky Mount:
- FAITH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 372;
Location: 505 ENGLEWOOD DRIVE; Grades: 1 - 12)
- ROCKY MOUNT ACADEMY (Students: 317; Location:
1313 AVONDALE AVE; Grades: PK - 12)
- FALLS ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH SCHO (Students:
212; Location: 113 TREVATHAW STREET; Grades: KG - 12)
- GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 69;
Location: 509 KINGSTON AVE; Grades: 4 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Rocky Mount:
- G R EDWARDS MIDDLE (Students: 1,029;
Location: 720 EDWARDS ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WINSTEAD AVENUE ELEMENTARY (Students: 725;
Location: WINSTEAD AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- WEST EDGECOMBE MIDDLE (Students: 695;
Location: 6301 NOBLES MILL POND ROAD; Grades: 04 - 08)
- BENVENUE ELEMENTARY (Students: 658; Location:
2700 NICODEMUS MILE RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY (Students: 655;
Location: 101 ENGLEWOOD DR; Grades: PK - 05)
- G W BULLUCK ELEMENTARY (Students: 563;
Location: BULLOCK SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: PK - 03)
- D S JOHNSON ELEMENTARY (Students: 555;
Location: 600 FAIRVIEW RD; Grades: 01 - 05)
- WILLIFORD ELEMENTARY (Students: 550;
Location: 801 WILLIFORD ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- J W PARKER MIDDLE (Students: 530; Location:
1500 E VIRGINIA ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- O R POPE ELEMENTARY (Students: 349; Location:
226 COLEMAN AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Rocky Mount:
- OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP SCH (Students:
133; Location: 315 HAMMOND STREET; Grades: PK - 6)
- ENGLEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH PRESC (Students: 96;
Location: 505 ENGLEWOOD DR; Grades: PK - KG)
- MOUNT ZION CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 34;
Location: 500 PEACHTREE ST; Grades: KG - 8)
Library in Rocky Mount:
- THOMAS HACKNEY BRASWELL MEMORIAL LIBRARY
(Operating income: $1,870,344; Location: 344 FALLS ROAD;
134,275 books; 3,819 audio materials; 2,014 video
materials; 340 serial subscriptions)
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