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Scotch Irish township, Rowan County, NC

1,732 Population
35.2 square miles 49.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rowan County: 40.5 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,602 ±$4,679 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rowan County: $32,675 ±$1,015
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$89,375 ±$17,794 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rowan County: $63,196 ±$2,324
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

1.9% ±2% (32  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 15.8% 22,881 (±1.4% / ±2,030)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.2 minutes ±14.3 (25,160  ±8,175) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rowan County: 26.2 1,590,135 (±0.9 / ±69,726)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

681 ±132 Number of households
  • Rowan County: 57,762 ±637
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.1 (1,732  ±349) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rowan County: 2.5 144,325 (±0 / ±124)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

681 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Rowan County: 64,263 ±79
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$217,700 ±$45,252 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rowan County: $216,100 ±$6,454
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.8% ±8.7% (170  ±154.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 11.4% † 16,709 (±1.3% / ±1,860.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.2% ±10% (1,141  ±248.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rowan County: 88.1% 90,194 (±2.5% / ±2,515.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
14.2% ±6.7% (174  ±88.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rowan County: 21.5% 22,042 (±1.2% / ±1,232.3)
  • about two-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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.6% ±3.6% (78  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rowan County: 7.6% 8,796 (±0.5% / ±577)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
78 Total veterans ±52 61 Male ±44 17 Female ±25

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