Penhook vs Rocky Mount

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

Penhook 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 1,253 in Penhook). Penhook has the higher median household income ($99,176 vs $61,580 in Rocky Mount). Penhook has the higher median home value ($476,500 vs $181,400 in Rocky Mount).

Population, income & housing

	Penhook	Rocky Mount
Population	1,253	4,926
Median age	48.0 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$99,176	$61,580
Median home value	$476,500	$181,400
Median gross rent	—	$861
Housing units	827	2,000
Homeownership rate	85.5%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penhook	Rocky Mount
Population	1,053 → 1,253 (+19.0%)	4,745 → 4,926 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$66,392 → $99,176 (+49.4%)	$41,904 → $61,580 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$531,300 → $476,500 (-10.3%)	$143,000 → $181,400 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,037 (+23.9%)	$754 → $861 (+14.2%)

Penhook

Population

1,0531,253

Median household income

$66,392$99,176

Median home value

$531,300$476,500

Median gross rent

$837$1,037

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)

	Penhook	Rocky Mount
Under 5	9.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	14.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	18.7%
55 to 64	20.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	7.7%
75 and over	5.6%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penhook	Rocky Mount
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	59.9%
Black or African American	2.2%	28.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penhook	Rocky Mount
No high school diploma	5.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	20.8%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penhook	Rocky Mount
Drove alone	60.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	7.3%
Other means	7.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penhook	Rocky Mount
1-unit, detached	68.4%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Penhook	Rocky Mount
Poverty rate	6.1%	17.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	38	29
Median year structure built	1992	1973