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Rowan County, NC

153,384 Population
511.6 square miles 299.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,017 ±$1,776 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,173 ±$4,427 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.4% ±2.7% (21,454  ±4,080) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.2 minutes ±0.9 (1,600,965  ±71,458) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

61,708 ±1,435 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (149,818  ±83) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.5% ±2.9% (2,188  ±981) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

66,486 ±58 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$294,800 ±$15,935 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.1% ±2.2% (13,888  ±3,335.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.7% ±5.1% (94,888  ±5,500.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27% ±2.9% (28,861  ±3,158.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.1% (10,825  ±1,609) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.6% ±1.2% (7,916  ±1,448) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,916 Total veterans ±1,448 7,358 Male ±1,287 558 Female ±390

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