Rocky Mount vs Sharpsburg

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

Rocky Mount and Sharpsburg 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 1,629 in Sharpsburg). Rocky Mount has the higher median household income ($52,927 vs $39,792 in Sharpsburg). Rocky Mount has the higher median home value ($148,300 vs $116,700 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Mount	Sharpsburg
Population	54,175	1,629
Median age	41.8 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,927	$39,792
Median home value	$148,300	$116,700
Median gross rent	$919	$1,002
Housing units	27,052	803
Homeownership rate	47.5%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Mount	Sharpsburg
Population	54,548 → 54,175 (-0.7%)	2,133 → 1,629 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$40,633 → $52,927 (+30.3%)	$26,977 → $39,792 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$113,100 → $148,300 (+31.1%)	$83,000 → $116,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $919 (+15.9%)	$764 → $1,002 (+31.2%)

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

Sharpsburg

Population

2,1331,629

Median household income

$26,977$39,792

Median home value

$83,000$116,700

Median gross rent

$764$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky Mount	Sharpsburg
Under 5	5.3%	13.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.5%
75 and over	8.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Mount	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	27.8%	35.4%
Black or African American	62.7%	63.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Mount	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	13.9%	21.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Mount	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	81.8%	81.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.3%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Mount	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	63.3%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	24.9%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Mount	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	21.2%	19.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1978	1988