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Salisbury township, Rowan County, NC

31,267 Population
30 square miles 1,040.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rowan County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,335 ±$2,741 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Rowan County: $33,667 ±$1,107
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,353 ±$5,925 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rowan County: $65,725 ±$2,025
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.8% ±3.9% (6,915  ±1,169) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rowan County: 16% † 23,353 (±1.7% / ±2,462)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±1.4 (232,675  ±25,939) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rowan County: 26.2 1,600,965 (±0.9 / ±71,458)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,593 ±693 Number of households
  • Rowan County: 58,899 ±715
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (28,849  ±1,426) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rowan County: 2.5 145,966 (±0 / ±68)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±2% (276  ±155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rowan County: 6.5% † 2,165 (±1.4% / ±449)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,265 ±658 Number of housing units
  • Rowan County: 64,975 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$219,000 ±$13,905 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rowan County: $238,400 ±$7,874
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±2.6% (4,065  ±827.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rowan County: 10.7% † 15,944 (±1.2% / ±1,801.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.9% ±3.4% (18,627  ±1,184.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rowan County: 88.9% 92,089 (±2.5% / ±2,555.3)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.3% ±2.6% (5,797  ±630) 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 three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

4.6% ±1.4% (1,446  ±426) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rowan County: 6.3% 9,378
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±1.2% (1,755  ±308) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Rowan County: 7.2% 8,425 (±0.6% / ±698)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,755 Total veterans ±308 1,572 Male ±301 183 Female ±96

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