Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Gold Hill township, Rowan County, NC

11,672 Population
32.3 square miles 361 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

37.3 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rowan County: 40.5 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,029 ±$2,749 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Rowan County: $32,675 ±$1,015
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$55,272 ±$7,656 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rowan County: $63,196 ±$2,324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

15.3% ±5.2% (1,759  ±621) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Rowan County: 15.8% 22,881 (±1.4% / ±2,030)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

29.8 minutes ±6.1 (150,110  ±36,538) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rowan County: 26.2 1,590,135 (±0.9 / ±69,726)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

4,686 ±435 Number of households
  • Rowan County: 57,762 ±637
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.3 (11,549  ±995) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rowan County: 2.5 144,325 (±0 / ±124)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7.1% ±3.8% (195  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rowan County: 6.6% † 2,164 (±1.5% / ±505)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

4,956 ±409 Number of housing units
  • Rowan County: 64,263 ±79
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$217,800 ±$15,995 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rowan County: $216,100 ±$6,454
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11.3% ±3.7% (1,304  ±435.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Rowan County: 11.4% † 16,709 (±1.3% / ±1,860.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

90.8% ±5.9% (7,187  ±775.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rowan County: 88.1% 90,194 (±2.5% / ±2,515.7)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
19.6% ±4.2% (1,554  ±361.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 21.5% 22,042 (±1.2% / ±1,232.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% ±2.8% (352  ±328) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Rowan County: 6.1% 8,981
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.7% ±2% (517  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rowan County: 7.6% 8,796 (±0.5% / ±577)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
517 Total veterans ±184 511 Male ±183 6 Female ±11

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.