Ferrum vs Rocky Mount

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

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

Rocky Mount has the higher population (4,926 vs 1,622 in Ferrum). Rocky Mount has the higher median household income ($61,580 vs $31,750 in Ferrum). Ferrum has the higher median home value ($202,500 vs $181,400 in Rocky Mount).

Population, income & housing

	Ferrum	Rocky Mount
Population	1,622	4,926
Median age	21.5 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,750	$61,580
Median home value	$202,500	$181,400
Median gross rent	$662	$861
Housing units	436	2,000
Homeownership rate	64.9%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferrum	Rocky Mount
Population	2,310 → 1,622 (-29.8%)	4,745 → 4,926 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$48,234 → $31,750 (-34.2%)	$41,904 → $61,580 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $202,500 (+55.3%)	$143,000 → $181,400 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $662 (-2.8%)	$754 → $861 (+14.2%)

Ferrum

Population

2,3101,622

Median household income

$48,234$31,750

Median home value

$130,400$202,500

Median gross rent

$681$662

Rocky Mount

Population

4,7454,926

Median household income

$41,904$61,580

Median home value

$143,000$181,400

Median gross rent

$754$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferrum	Rocky Mount
Under 5	3.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	6.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	57.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	3.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	3.7%	18.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	5.2%	7.7%
75 and over	1.5%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferrum	Rocky Mount
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	59.9%
Black or African American	25.4%	28.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferrum	Rocky Mount
No high school diploma	22.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	21.2%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferrum	Rocky Mount
Drove alone	47.8%	77.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	14.2%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferrum	Rocky Mount
1-unit, detached	66.3%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Ferrum	Rocky Mount
Poverty rate	35.1%	17.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1984	1973