Metro area · CBSA 40580
Rocky Mount
The Rocky Mount, NC metro area has 144,952 people. Median rent is $920, 18.5% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Edgecombe County at $1,167. Of the 12 places we track here, Red Oak has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$59,636
Median home value
$167,800
Unemployment
6.2%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,167
HUD, Edgecombe County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mount | 54,297 | $957 | 20.7% |
| Tarboro | 10,770 | $843 | 20.3% |
| Nashville | 5,729 | $1,073 | 21.1% |
| Red Oak | 3,405 | $818 | 10.9% |
| Princeville | 1,619 | $1,103 | 28.5% |
| Sharpsburg | 1,605 | $954 | 20.9% |
| Pinetops | 1,426 | $815 | 16.2% |
| Spring Hope | 1,387 | $763 | 23.8% |
| Elm City | 1,292 | $859 | 28.5% |
| Dortches | 1,158 | $1,215 | 19.6% |
| Middlesex | 867 | $645 | 16.0% |
| Conetoe | 561 | $1,055 | 32.6% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.