When will the power be back in Rocky Mount, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Rocky Mount is a city of about 54,541 residents in Nash County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Rocky Mount by name, so this page reports the Nash County county-wide view, which covers Rocky Mount. If a serving utility does name Rocky Mount during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Rocky Mount:
Rocky Mount also extends into a neighboring county: 27801 · 27802 · 27815. Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Rocky Mount: the closest other places we track are Tarboro, about 15 miles to the east; Wilson, about 18 miles to the southwest; Zebulon, about 30 miles to the west; and Roanoke Rapids, about 34 miles to the north. Also nearby: Wendell (35 mi W), Greenville (35 mi SE), Rolesville (37 mi W), Winterville (38 mi SE), Wake Forest (40 mi W), Knightdale (41 mi W), Goldsboro (42 mi S) and Clayton (42 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Petersburg, VA (88 mi); northeast toward Suffolk, VA (83 mi); east toward Elizabeth City (90 mi); southeast toward New Bern (73 mi); south toward Kinston (49 mi); southwest toward Smithfield (44 mi); west toward Raleigh (48 mi); and northwest toward Henderson (42 mi).
Who serves Rocky Mount?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, Wake Electric Membership Corp, NC Electric Cooperatives and Dominion Energy in Nash County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Rocky Mount and Town of Sharpsburg also serve parts of Nash County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent companies' combined pictures, see Dominion Energy outages across every state it serves and Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Rocky Mount's last tracked outage began Sep 21, peaked at 136 customers out, and was restored in 11 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours.
- Sep 21 — 136 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Sep 4 — 49 customers out, restored in 10 hours
County context: across all of Nash County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Nash County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Rocky Mount, NC?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Rocky Mount's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 11 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Rocky Mount, NC?
To check your own street, search a Rocky Mount ZIP code — 27803 or 27804 — and the map opens on that area.
