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Roanoke Rapids city, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Roanoke Rapids city is a Census city of 14,856 people across 9.91 square miles of land, in Halifax County. Median household income is $53,690, 49.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 15 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $21.7 m.
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Roanoke Rapids
What Roanoke Rapids is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.91 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,499
- County holding the largest share of its areaHalifax County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Roanoke Rapids
How many people live in Roanoke Rapids
- Population14,856
- Median age40.3
- Population under 183,640
- Share under 1824.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,925
- Share 65 and over19.7 percent
- Households6,194
- Family households3,928
- Share of households that are families63.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Roanoke Rapids
Income and work in Roanoke Rapids
- Median household income$53,690
- Per capita income$30,053
- Civilian labor force6,769
- Employed6,223
- Unemployed546 plus or minus 200
- Unemployment rate8.1 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over9,883
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Roanoke Rapids
Housing in Roanoke Rapids
- Housing units6,895
- Occupied units6,194
- Vacant units701 plus or minus 272
- Vacancy rate10.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Owner occupied3,092
- Renter occupied3,102
- Ownership rate49.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$142,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$858
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.2 percent
- Single family units5,073
- Share single family73.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,582 plus or minus 444
- Share in buildings of two or more22.9 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes240 plus or minus 143
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Roanoke Rapids
How Roanoke Rapids gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,526
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,935
- Share commuting under 15 minutes53.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,529 plus or minus 417
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.7 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Drove alone74.2 percent
- Carpooled11.0 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home8.2 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Roanoke Rapids
SBA loans in Roanoke Rapids (7(a))
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$21,654,300
- Average approval$1,443,620
- Median approval$842,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,976,000
- Largest approval$4,157,500
- Jobs supported223
- Jobs per approval14.9
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more60.0 percent
- Share to franchises46.7 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Roanoke Rapids
SBA loans in Roanoke Rapids (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,515,000
- Average approval$1,515,000
- Median approval$1,515,000
- Largest approval$1,515,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Roanoke Rapids
Flood risk in Roanoke Rapids
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370117
- Currently effective map date09/19/25
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Halifax County, not Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County context, not Roanoke Rapids figures
These are Halifax County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Roanoke Rapids measurements.
- Establishments in Halifax County934
- Employment at those establishments, Halifax County12,340
- Covered employment, Halifax County15,156
- Average annual pay, Halifax County$47,039
- Average weekly wage, Halifax County$905
- Housing units permitted, Halifax County55
- Of those, single family, Halifax County55
- County product, 2024, Halifax County$1,936,341,000
- County product change over the prior year, Halifax County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Halifax County$46,453
Every figure in this section is published for Halifax County as a whole and is not a measurement of Roanoke Rapids. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Roanoke Rapids questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina?
14,856, in 6,194 households. Roanoke Rapids city covers 9.91 square miles of land, which is 1,499 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Roanoke Rapids in?
Halifax County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Roanoke Rapids?
$53,690. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $142,700. Median gross rent is $858 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Roanoke Rapids businesses?
15 7(a) approvals totalling $21.7 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $842,500, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Roanoke Rapids, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Roanoke Rapids borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Roanoke Rapids. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Roanoke Rapids in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Roanoke Rapids appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370117, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Roanoke Rapids figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Halifax County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Roanoke Rapids.
Is zoning published for Roanoke Rapids?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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