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Locke township, Rowan County, NC

14,713 Population
30.6 square miles 480.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rowan County: 40.5 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,932 ±$4,001 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
$71,775 ±$7,397 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rowan County: $63,196 ±$2,324
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

14.9% ±4.6% (2,030  ±658) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Rowan County: 15.8% 22,881 (±1.4% / ±2,030)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

29.7 minutes ±6 (185,215  ±45,043) 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

4,800 ±376 Number of households
  • Rowan County: 57,762 ±637
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.2 (13,647  ±1,286) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rowan County: 2.5 144,325 (±0 / ±124)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

9.6% ±6.9% (289  ±211) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rowan County: 6.6% † 2,164 (±1.5% / ±505)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

5,140 ±363 Number of housing units
  • Rowan County: 64,263 ±79
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$261,900 ±$21,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rowan County: $216,100 ±$6,454
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

16% ±4.6% (2,338  ±706.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rowan County: 11.4% † 16,709 (±1.3% / ±1,860.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.9% ±4.5% (8,887  ±822.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rowan County: 88.1% 90,194 (±2.5% / ±2,515.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20.4% ±3.5% (2,137  ±402.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than 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

13.9% ±3.9% (2,041  ±594) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Rowan County: 6.1% 8,981
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.3% ±1.5% (733  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 7.6% 8,796 (±0.5% / ±577)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
733 Total veterans ±188 678 Male ±167 55 Female ±55

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