Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

Roanoke Rapids population, 2020 to 2024

Roanoke Rapids lost 622 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -81. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 146th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Roanoke Rapids is 1.0 times that size.

Roanoke Rapids covers 9.91 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,471 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Roanoke Rapids is denser than the typical town.

What county Roanoke Rapids is in

All of Roanoke Rapids's residents live in Halifax County, which had 46,992 residents in 2024. Roanoke Rapids holds 31.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roanoke Rapids

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roanoke Rapids by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 27870. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Roanoke Rapids is

The Census internal point of Roanoke Rapids is at 36.446000, -77.648600. Raleigh, the capital, is 71.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rocky Mount, NC (54,541 people), 34.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Suffolk, VA, 58.8 miles away.

Daylight in Roanoke Rapids

At 36.45° N, Roanoke Rapids gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Roanoke Rapids

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Weldon, 2.5 miles away, with 1,372 people.