Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety1#15,409/15,637
Economy16#13,156/15,631
Housing49#7,683/14,977
Health3#15,140/15,609
Healthcare9#14,184/15,650
Environment75#3,870/15,453
Education14#13,478/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,725/15,650
Community22#12,230/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,123/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Weldon, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Halifax County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public EV charging ports · high18.3 /10k
94/100North Carolina 5.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHalifax County value
Grocery stores · high2.6 /10k
90/100North Carolina 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHalifax County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.1×
89/100North Carolina 4.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Job growth · high1.4%
83/100North Carolina 0.8%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHalifax County value
Public libraries · high1.3 /10k
82/100North Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHalifax County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.8 µg/m³
77/100North Carolina 7.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHalifax County value

Weaknesses

Homicide rate · high21.1 /100k
1/100North Carolina 6.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHalifax County value
Adult obesity · high48.1%
1/100North Carolina 37.2%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · high21.4%
2/100North Carolina 8.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high42.1%
2/100North Carolina 15.8%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Drought exposure · high98%
3/100North Carolina 79%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAHalifax County value
Premature death · high15,612 /100k
3/100North Carolina 9,400 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHalifax County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
74.2% (2015-2019) → 16.8% (2020-2024)
−57 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
58.5% (2015-2019) → 83.0% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
33.6% (2015-2019) → 17.5% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$33,173 (2015-2019) → $48,350 (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
17.6% (2015-2019) → 10.9% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Home price to income ratioImproving
3.1× (2015-2019) → 2.1× (2020-2024)
−33%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Weldon, North Carolina improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Child poverty−57 points74.2% → 16.8%
Poverty−16 points33.6% → 17.5%
Broadband+24 points58.5% → 83.0%
Household income+46%$33,173 → $48,350

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Weldon, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.4 min2015-2019	23.7 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Broadband subscriptions	58.5%2015-2019	83.0%2020-2024	+24 points	Improved	95%
Child poverty rate	74.2%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	−57 points	Improved	100%
Effective property tax rate	1.71%2015-2019	1.74%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	12%
High school diploma or higher	81.4%2015-2019	79.6%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	−1.0×	Within the margin of error	98%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4522015-2019	0.4242020-2024	−0.029	Within the margin of error	73%
Median household income	$33,1732015-2019	$48,3502020-2024	+46%	Improved	81%
Poverty rate	33.6%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	−16 points	Improved	98%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	33.4%2015-2019	32.2%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent-burdened households	54.0%2015-2019	52.9%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.6%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Within the margin of error	91%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Weldon, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Weldon, North Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Weldon, North Carolina itself moved +7.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,642 residents (±352)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+7.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,642 residents (±352)

Weldon, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White14%†238
Black83%1,359
Hispanic or Latino1.3%†22
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%†4
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races1.2%†19

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,012 residents (±235)

Weldon, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma20%†206
High school or GED25%†249
Some college24%†242
Associate degree13%†134
Bachelor's degree12%†123
Graduate degree5.7%†58

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Associate degree (+8.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

595 households (±125)

Weldon, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k25%†149
$25k–50k28%†165
$50k–75k23%†134
$75k–100k7.4%†44
$100k–150k13%†79
$150k–200k2.5%†15
$200k or more1.5%†9

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

595 households (±125)

Weldon, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own52%312
Rent48%†283

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

263 households (±87)

Weldon, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75033%†87
$750–1,00027%†72
$1,000–1,50032%†

Home values

312 homes (±86)

Weldon, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k73%†228
$150k–250k14%†45
$250k–400k9.3%†

Age of homes

681 homes (±122)

Weldon, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later2.1%†14
2000–20092.3%†16
1980–199912%†

Size of homes

681 homes (±122)

Weldon, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom9.8%†67
2 bedrooms16%†110

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

644 workers (±191)

Weldon, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone66%†422
Carpool9.5%†61
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.7%†11
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.9%†6
Other22%†144

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other (+21.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

638 workers (±191)

Weldon, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min63%†401
15–29 min12%†78
30–44 min10%†66

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Roanoke Rapids, NC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Halifax County, the county holding most of Weldon's residents.

Halifax County has 934 employer establishments, 198 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.84× North Carolina's), with 12,340 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,844. The Census Bureau also counts 2,892 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 934; 2,892 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 198; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 12,340
Average annual pay: $41,844; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Halifax County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	92	19.5	0.94×About typical	1,060	$55,351	128
Restaurants and other eating places	84	17.8	0.97×About typical	1,890	$16,562	13
Specialty trade contractors	50	10.6	0.69×Fewer than typical	652	$55,649	211
Religious organizations	46	9.8	1.76×More than typical	152	$18,059	—
Limited-service restaurants	44	9.3	1.17×About typical	1,041	$16,405	8
Gasoline stations	36	7.6	2.36×More than typical	215	$28,828	—
Full-service restaurants	34	7.2	0.94×About typical	751	$16,923	4
Building equipment contractors	32	6.8	1.13×About typical	421	$50,069	52
Offices of physicians	32	6.8	1.05×About typical	325	$90,372	14
Lessors of real estate	30	6.4	0.52×Fewer than typical	80	$25,963	207
Automotive repair and maintenance	25	5.3	1.05×About typical	182	$36,005	69
General merchandise stores	25	5.3	3.00×More than typical	572	$23,636	9

Rank places for an industry Open Halifax County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 47,075 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Weldon, North Carolina: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

12.9KFY2017
7.9KFY2018

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Weldon, North Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Weldon, North Carolina's figures are part of those of Halifax County, NC ($3.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Weldon is mostly in Halifax County.

See federal money in Halifax County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Weldon, North Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Donald G. DavisD-NC-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 70%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Halifax County12100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Roanoke Rapids, NC6

Other cities and towns in Halifax County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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