Red Oak vs Rocky Mount

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

Red Oak 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 3,372 in Red Oak). Red Oak has the higher median household income ($81,464 vs $52,927 in Rocky Mount). Red Oak has the higher median home value ($236,200 vs $148,300 in Rocky Mount).

Population, income & housing

	Red Oak	Rocky Mount
Population	3,372	54,175
Median age	51.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,464	$52,927
Median home value	$236,200	$148,300
Median gross rent	$818	$919
Housing units	1,538	27,052
Homeownership rate	83.6%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Oak	Rocky Mount
Population	3,445 → 3,372 (-2.1%)	54,548 → 54,175 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$71,780 → $81,464 (+13.5%)	$40,633 → $52,927 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$197,900 → $236,200 (+19.4%)	$113,100 → $148,300 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$793 → $919 (+15.9%)

Red Oak

Population

3,4453,372

Median household income

$71,780$81,464

Median home value

$197,900$236,200

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)

	Red Oak	Rocky Mount
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	19.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	21.9%	12.0%
75 and over	9.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Oak	Rocky Mount
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	27.8%
Black or African American	8.0%	62.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Oak	Rocky Mount
No high school diploma	4.3%	13.9%
High school graduate	30.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Oak	Rocky Mount
Drove alone	84.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.6%
Other means	3.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Oak	Rocky Mount
1-unit, detached	93.6%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Red Oak	Rocky Mount
Poverty rate	2.8%	21.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1987	1978