Nashville vs Rocky Mount

A side-by-side comparison of Nashville and Rocky Mount: population, income, housing, and more.

Nashville and Rocky Mount are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rocky Mount has the higher population (54,175 vs 5,672 in Nashville). Nashville has the higher median household income ($63,553 vs $52,927 in Rocky Mount). Nashville has the higher median home value ($191,700 vs $148,300 in Rocky Mount).

Population, income & housing

	Nashville	Rocky Mount
Population	5,672	54,175
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,553	$52,927
Median home value	$191,700	$148,300
Median gross rent	$1,009	$919
Housing units	2,635	27,052
Homeownership rate	56.6%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nashville	Rocky Mount
Population	5,516 → 5,672 (+2.8%)	54,548 → 54,175 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$56,288 → $63,553 (+12.9%)	$40,633 → $52,927 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$136,900 → $191,700 (+40.0%)	$113,100 → $148,300 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,009 (+16.6%)	$793 → $919 (+15.9%)

Nashville

Population

5,5165,672

Median household income

$56,288$63,553

Median home value

$136,900$191,700

Median gross rent

$865$1,009

Rocky Mount

Population

54,54854,175

Median household income

$40,633$52,927

Median home value

$113,100$148,300

Median gross rent

$793$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nashville	Rocky Mount
Under 5	8.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.0%
75 and over	7.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nashville	Rocky Mount
White (non-Hispanic)	34.0%	27.8%
Black or African American	62.1%	62.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nashville	Rocky Mount
No high school diploma	7.3%	13.9%
High school graduate	26.1%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nashville	Rocky Mount
Drove alone	76.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	7.6%
Other means	1.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nashville	Rocky Mount
1-unit, detached	69.6%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	10.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Nashville	Rocky Mount
Poverty rate	20.8%	21.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1992	1978