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Providence township, Rowan County, NC

10,582 Population
48.7 square miles 217.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±5.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rowan County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,071 ±$4,445 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rowan County: $33,667 ±$1,107
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,580 ±$6,755 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rowan County: $65,725 ±$2,025
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9% ±4% (949  ±432) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rowan County: 16% † 23,353 (±1.7% / ±2,462)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±3.3 (118,385  ±21,878) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rowan County: 26.2 1,600,965 (±0.9 / ±71,458)
  • 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

4,126 ±408 Number of households
  • Rowan County: 58,899 ±715
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (10,553  ±1,165) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rowan County: 2.5 145,966 (±0 / ±68)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±4.4% (100  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rowan County: 6.5% † 2,165 (±1.4% / ±449)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,582 ±384 Number of housing units
  • Rowan County: 64,975 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$284,100 ±$37,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rowan County: $238,400 ±$7,874
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±3.5% (871  ±378.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rowan County: 10.7% † 15,944 (±1.2% / ±1,801.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.2% ±13.8% (6,748  ±698.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rowan County: 88.9% 92,089 (±2.5% / ±2,555.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.3% ±4.7% (2,024  ±398.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rowan County: 23.3% 24,150 (±1.3% / ±1,384.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.6% ±0.7% (65  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 6.3% 9,378
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±2.6% (672  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rowan County: 7.2% 8,425 (±0.6% / ±698)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
672 Total veterans ±217 620 Male ±198 52 Female ±62

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