Rocky Mount vs Union Hall

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

Rocky Mount and Union Hall 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 1,468 in Union Hall). Union Hall has the higher median household income ($95,556 vs $61,580 in Rocky Mount). Union Hall has the higher median home value ($607,000 vs $181,400 in Rocky Mount).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Mount	Union Hall
Population	4,926	1,468
Median age	44.7 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,580	$95,556
Median home value	$181,400	$607,000
Median gross rent	$861	$1,326
Housing units	2,000	1,119
Homeownership rate	62.0%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Mount	Union Hall
Population	4,745 → 4,926 (+3.8%)	1,105 → 1,468 (+32.9%)
Median household income	$41,904 → $61,580 (+47.0%)	$100,278 → $95,556 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $181,400 (+26.9%)	$545,000 → $607,000 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $861 (+14.2%)	$1,139 → $1,326 (+16.4%)

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

Union Hall

Population

1,1051,468

Median household income

$100,278$95,556

Median home value

$545,000$607,000

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,326

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky Mount	Union Hall
Under 5	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	6.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	18.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	18.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	21.1%
75 and over	12.1%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Mount	Union Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	91.8%
Black or African American	28.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Mount	Union Hall
No high school diploma	11.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	32.7%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Mount	Union Hall
Drove alone	77.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	14.2%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	23.7%
Other means	0.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Mount	Union Hall
1-unit, detached	66.0%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Mount	Union Hall
Poverty rate	17.5%	3.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1973	1993