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Salisbury township, Rowan County, NC

31,086 Population
30 square miles 1,034.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±2.5 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

$31,385 ±$2,552 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
$53,822 ±$5,199 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rowan County: $63,196 ±$2,324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

22.9% ±3.1% (6,573  ±944) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rowan County: 15.8% 22,881 (±1.4% / ±2,030)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.5 minutes ±1 (239,895  ±22,164) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rowan County: 26.2 1,590,135 (±0.9 / ±69,726)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

12,179 ±675 Number of households
  • Rowan County: 57,762 ±637
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.2 (28,580  ±1,457) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rowan County: 2.5 144,325 (±0 / ±124)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.3% ±2.2% (321  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rowan County: 6.6% † 2,164 (±1.5% / ±505)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

14,154 ±629 Number of housing units
  • Rowan County: 64,263 ±79
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$190,100 ±$12,058 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rowan County: $216,100 ±$6,454
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.4% ±2.5% (4,133  ±786.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rowan County: 11.4% † 16,709 (±1.3% / ±1,860.6)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

88% ±2.8% (18,315  ±1,120.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
25.3% ±2.4% (5,272  ±571.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rowan County: 21.5% 22,042 (±1.2% / ±1,232.3)
  • about three-quarters 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

4.9% ±1.3% (1,509  ±409) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 6.1% 8,981
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8% ±1.4% (1,929  ±342) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Rowan County: 7.6% 8,796 (±0.5% / ±577)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,929 Total veterans ±342 1,723 Male ±318 206 Female ±100

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