Roxboro is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Roxboro who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.12% of the adults in Roxboro have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Roxboro in 2022 was $25,732, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,928 for a family of four. However, Roxboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Roxboro also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.20% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Roxboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Roxboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roxboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Roxboro include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Roxboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
