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Rocky Mount, VA
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Rocky Mount profile


Living in Rocky Mount



Rocky Mount is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 4,936 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Rocky Mount is the 124th largest community in Virginia.

Also of interest is that Rocky Mount has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

As is often the case in a small town, Rocky Mount doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, Rocky Mount is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.68% of adults in Rocky Mount have a college degree.

The per capita income in Rocky Mount in 2018 was $25,230, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,920 for a family of four. However, Rocky Mount contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Rocky Mount is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rocky Mount home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rocky Mount residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rocky Mount include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and Egyptian.

The most common language spoken in Rocky Mount is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Portuguese.