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Rocky Mount:
August Rent Report

Welcome to the August 2025 Rocky Mount Apartment Report. In this assessment of the local rental market, Rentable data scientists and rental experts break down the August 2025 key findings and figures for the Rocky Mount rental landscape.

Our experts analyze the pricing trends — one-bedroom, two-bedroom, year-over-year and month-over-month — in Rocky Mount and surrounding areas and provide comparisons to the entire metro area, nearby cities and some of the most desirable and expensive cities in the United States. Take a look at the last 12 months of Rocky Mount average rent prices in the chart below.

August Prices: Rocky Mount vs. Surrounding Areas

Rent Prices in Rocky Mount and Surrounding Areas

Rent prices have increased in Rocky Mount over the last month. But how have the surrounding areas fared when it comes to the recent volatility in apartment prices? Rent prices in 0 of the Rocky Mount suburbs increased last month. On the other hand, 1 local areas experienced a decrease in the price of a one-bedroom apartment.

More key findings include:

• Rents did not increase in any of the Rocky Mount suburbs

• Rent decreased in Wilson, NC.

• 1 suburb is currently priced higher than the city of Rocky Mount.

Data set for Rocky Mount and suburbs

Methodology

Each month, using over 1 million Rentable listings across the United States, we calculate the median 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom rent prices by city, state, and nation, and track the month-over-month percent change. To avoid small sample sizes, we restrict the analysis for our reports to cities meeting minimum population and property count thresholds.