Rocky Mount vs Westlake Corner

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

Rocky Mount and Westlake Corner 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 1,824 in Westlake Corner). Westlake Corner has the higher median household income ($74,078 vs $61,580 in Rocky Mount). Westlake Corner has the higher median home value ($456,300 vs $181,400 in Rocky Mount).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Mount	Westlake Corner
Population	4,926	1,824
Median age	44.7 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,580	$74,078
Median home value	$181,400	$456,300
Median gross rent	$861	$1,338
Housing units	2,000	882
Homeownership rate	62.0%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Mount	Westlake Corner
Population	4,745 → 4,926 (+3.8%)	980 → 1,824 (+86.1%)
Median household income	$41,904 → $61,580 (+47.0%)	$68,603 → $74,078 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $181,400 (+26.9%)	$495,900 → $456,300 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $861 (+14.2%)	$900 → $1,338 (+48.7%)

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

Westlake Corner

Population

9801,824

Median household income

$68,603$74,078

Median home value

$495,900$456,300

Median gross rent

$900$1,338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky Mount	Westlake Corner
Under 5	7.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	8.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	4.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	18.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	34.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	18.4%
75 and over	12.1%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Mount	Westlake Corner
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	97.4%
Black or African American	28.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Mount	Westlake Corner
No high school diploma	11.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.7%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Mount	Westlake Corner
Drove alone	77.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	14.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	15.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Mount	Westlake Corner
1-unit, detached	66.0%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	17.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	3.6%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Mount	Westlake Corner
Poverty rate	17.5%	6.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1973	1995