Virginia · Census place 5168496
Rocky Mount, Virginia
Rocky Mount is a town in Franklin County, Virginia with an estimated 4,971 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,971
- #64 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +68 people
- Land area
- 6.8 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 728 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Rocky Mount population, 2020 to 2024
Rocky Mount added 68 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +7.
Rocky Mount covers 6.83 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 728 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Rocky Mount is less dense than the typical town.
What county Rocky Mount is in
All of Rocky Mount's residents live in Franklin County, which had 55,637 residents in 2024. Rocky Mount holds 8.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rocky Mount
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rocky Mount by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24151. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Rocky Mount is
The Census internal point of Rocky Mount is at 37.004400, -79.884800. Richmond, the capital, is 139.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vinton, VA (8,059 people), 18.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 62.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.004400, -79.884800
- DMS
- 37°00'15.84"N 79°53'5.28"W
- UTM
- 17N 599222.1E 4095941.7N
- Geohash
- dnx4w0mwm
- Plus code
- 87922438+Q3
Daylight in Rocky Mount
At 37.00° N, Rocky Mount gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rocky Mount
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Vinton, 18.6 miles away, with 8,059 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rocky Mount, VA?
4,971 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 68 (1.4%) from 4,903 in July 2020.
What county is Rocky Mount in?
Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rocky Mount?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24151.
How far is Rocky Mount from Richmond?
139.7 miles (224.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Rocky Mount.
What is the nearest larger city to Rocky Mount?
Vinton, VA, with 8,059 residents, 18.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.