† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupRocky MountVirginiaUnited States
English11.5%12.0%9.5%
American10.7%8.4%5.3%
German9.8%10.1%12.5%
Irish6.2%9.1%9.4%
Italian1.8%3.9%4.8%
Scottish1.5%1.9%1.3%
French1.1%1.3%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.1%——
African American†24.6%15.6%9.9%
African2.4%0.9%0.5%
Mexican3.7%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.4%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Rocky Mount
Virginia
United States
Median age
45.6
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.0%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rocky Mount
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$63,280
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.7%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.7%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rocky Mount
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.0%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.3%
7.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rocky Mount
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
54.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Rocky Mount, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−6.9%
2008
−2.3%
2012
−5.6%
2016
−16.2%
2020
−18.0%
2024
−24.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
37.3%Harris863
61.4%Trump1,420
1.2%
R+24.1
R+6.1
R+22.6
2,311
R
40.3%Biden925
58.4%Trump1,339
1.3%
R+18.0
R+1.9
R+22.5
2,294
R
39.5%Clinton848
55.7%Trump1,195
4.8%
R+16.2
R+10.6
R+18.3
2,145
R
45.5%Obama1,023
51.1%Romney1,149
3.4%
R+5.6
R+3.3
R+9.5
2,248
R
48.0%Obama1,018
50.4%McCain1,067
1.6%
R+2.3
D+4.6
R+9.6
2,119
R
46.3%Kerry841
53.3%Bush967
0.4%
R+6.9
—
R+4.5
1,815
Rocky Mount serves as the commercial and administrative hub of Franklin County, a historically distilled-spirits region where recent manufacturing diversification has begun reshaping the working-class voter base that has defined its electoral patterns for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 24.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.1 points.
A population of 4,950, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,280 describe the city.
In 2024, Rocky Mount, Virginia voted Republican by 24.1 points (R+24.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,311 votes cast, 863 went Democratic and 1,420 went Republican.
How many people live in Rocky Mount, Virginia?
Rocky Mount, Virginia has a population of 4,950 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rocky Mount, Virginia?
Median household income in Rocky Mount, Virginia is $63,280 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Rocky Mount, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Rocky Mount, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
