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Census Tract 502.01, Rowan, NC

4,818 Population
4.9 square miles 975.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±6.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Salisbury: 36.5 ±2
  • a little less than the figure in Rowan County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,381 ±$7,130 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Salisbury: $32,043 ±$2,622
  • about the same as the amount in Rowan County: $33,667 ±$1,107
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$58,108 ±$11,789 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Salisbury: $53,716 ±$4,166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rowan County: $65,725 ±$2,025
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

23.9% ±11.2% (1,129  ±551) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Salisbury: 26.3% † 8,567 (±4.4% / ±1,422)
  • 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)

21.7 minutes ±2 (36,650  ±7,708) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Salisbury: 21.8 290,730 (±1.6 / ±27,988)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rowan County: 26.2 1,600,965 (±0.9 / ±71,458)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,962 ±211 Number of households
  • Salisbury: 14,043 ±571
  • Rowan County: 58,899 ±715
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (4,691  ±640) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Salisbury: 2.3 32,332 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • 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

0.8% ±1.3% (9  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Salisbury: 4.1% † 362 (±2.1% / ±190)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 6.5% † 2,165 (±1.4% / ±449)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,039 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Salisbury: 15,637 ±574
  • Rowan County: 64,975 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$228,000 ±$19,239 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Salisbury: $242,500 ±$17,830
  • 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

7% ±4% (335  ±195.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Salisbury: 13.6% † 4,865 (±2.6% / ±922.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rowan County: 10.7% † 15,944 (±1.2% / ±1,801.9)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87.7% ±9.8% (2,959  ±440.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Salisbury: 87.1% 20,772 (±4.5% / ±1,273.2)
  • 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)
29.3% ±7% (990  ±255.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Salisbury: 29.9% † 7,137 (±3.1% / ±774.2)
  • about 25 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)

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

3.1% ±1.9% (151  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Salisbury: 6.4% † 2,285 (±1.6% / ±575)
  • about half the rate in Rowan County: 6.3% 9,378
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.4% ±2.8% (307  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Salisbury: 6.6% † 1,830 (±1% / ±294)
  • 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)
307 Total veterans ±105 227 Male ±90 80 Female ±77

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