Momeyer ( ) is a town in

Nash County, North Carolina Nash County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,970. Its county seat is Nashville. Nash County is now a part of the Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, instead of the ...

, United States. It is part of the

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. The population was 277 in

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Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and 0.91% is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 291 people, 118 households, and 84 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 126 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 92.78%

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, 5.84%

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, 0.34% from

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, and 1.03% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.75% of the population. There were 118 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were

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living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.91. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $26,875, and the median income for a family was $36,875. Males had a median income of $27,000 versus $21,875 for females. The

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for the town was $15,429. About 4.1% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the

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, including 23.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 6.3% of those 65 or over.

References

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