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About Rocky Mount
City in northeast North CarolinaRocky Mount is a city in Nash and Edgecombe counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 census, making it the 20th-most populous city in North Carolina. It is the principal city of the Rocky Mount metropolitan area—often called the "Twin Counties"—which had an estimated population of 145,383 in 2023. Rocky Mount is also an anchor city of the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 288,366 in 2023. English and Scots traders encountered the indigenous people in this area of the falls of the Tar River beginning in the mid-1700s. Incorporated in 1867, the community continued to develo…
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Housing in Rocky Mount
The typical Rocky Mount home is worth about $189,000, about the same as a year ago, 44% below the North Carolina typical home.
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Safety in Rocky Mount
Safety Grade D
Rocky Mount reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 95% report less.
Schools in Rocky Mount
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The public schools Rocky Mount’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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