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Steele township, Rowan County, NC

1,651 Population
22 square miles 75.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Rowan County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,641 ±$7,858 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rowan County: $33,667 ±$1,107
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,369 ±$23,961 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rowan County: $65,725 ±$2,025
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24% ±18.5% (396  ±328) 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)

25.2 minutes ±16.9 (15,595  ±6,476) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Rowan County: 26.2 1,600,965 (±0.9 / ±71,458)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

686 ±171 Number of households
  • Rowan County: 58,899 ±715
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (1,651  ±507) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rowan County: 2.5 145,966 (±0 / ±68)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

809 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Rowan County: 64,975 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$229,700 ±$48,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Rowan County: $238,400 ±$7,874
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.7% ±5.8% (143  ±104.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent 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

87% ±38.7% (1,212  ±360.1) 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)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.3% ±10.8% (269  ±174.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 23.3% 24,150 (±1.3% / ±1,384.6)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half 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

13.8% ±12.6% (228  ±220) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Rowan County: 6.3% 9,378
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12% ±10.2% (178  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rowan County: 7.2% 8,425 (±0.6% / ±698)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
178 Total veterans ±161 126 Male ±97 52 Female ±74

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