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Census Tract 502.02, Rowan, NC

5,459 Population
4.7 square miles 1,156.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Salisbury: 36.5 ±2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rowan County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,728 ±$3,691 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Salisbury: $32,043 ±$2,622
  • 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
$53,423 ±$15,084 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Salisbury: $53,716 ±$4,166
  • 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

26.2% ±6.4% (1,380  ±397) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Salisbury: 26.3% † 8,567 (±4.4% / ±1,422)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rowan County: 16% † 23,353 (±1.7% / ±2,462)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

19.4 minutes ±2.6 (45,625  ±12,147) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Salisbury: 21.8 290,730 (±1.6 / ±27,988)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Rowan County: 26.2 1,600,965 (±0.9 / ±71,458)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,304 ±265 Number of households
  • Salisbury: 14,043 ±571
  • Rowan County: 58,899 ±715
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (5,251  ±788) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Salisbury: 2.3 32,332 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rowan County: 2.5 145,966 (±0 / ±68)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

8.5% ±11.4% (101  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Salisbury: 4.1% † 362 (±2.1% / ±190)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rowan County: 6.5% † 2,165 (±1.4% / ±449)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,493 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Salisbury: 15,637 ±574
  • Rowan County: 64,975 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$243,600 ±$32,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Salisbury: $242,500 ±$17,830
  • about the same as the amount in Rowan County: $238,400 ±$7,874
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

22.2% ±10.1% (1,210  ±576.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Salisbury: 13.6% † 4,865 (±2.6% / ±922.3)
  • more than double the rate in Rowan County: 10.7% † 15,944 (±1.2% / ±1,801.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

89.5% ±13.1% (3,201  ±585) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
23.6% ±7.9% (843  ±298) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Salisbury: 29.9% † 7,137 (±3.1% / ±774.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Rowan County: 23.3% 24,150 (±1.3% / ±1,384.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.1% ±1.5% (58  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Salisbury: 6.4% † 2,285 (±1.6% / ±575)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rowan County: 6.3% 9,378
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.5% ±2.6% (177  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Salisbury: 6.6% † 1,830 (±1% / ±294)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rowan County: 7.2% 8,425 (±0.6% / ±698)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
177 Total veterans ±107 177 Male ±107 N/A Female ±19

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