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Census Tract 507, Rowan, NC

3,650 Population
3.8 square miles 954.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±5.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Spencer: 44.2 † ±5.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rowan County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$38,152 ±$14,102 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Spencer: $34,584 † ±$6,346
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rowan County: $33,667 ±$1,107
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$65,131 ±$22,784 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Spencer: $65,465 † ±$16,860
  • about the same as the amount in Rowan County: $65,725 ±$2,025
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

16.2% ±8% (581  ±298) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Spencer: 11.2% † 370 (±6.8% / ±224)
  • about the same as the rate in Rowan County: 16% † 23,353 (±1.7% / ±2,462)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

30 minutes ±8.6 (38,060  ±14,355) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Spencer: 32 † 36,085 (±10.2 / ±13,620)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rowan County: 26.2 1,600,965 (±0.9 / ±71,458)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,613 ±281 Number of households
  • Spencer: 1,370 † ±159
  • Rowan County: 58,899 ±715
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.5 (3,592  ±497) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Spencer: 2.4 † 3,291 (±0.3 / ±19)
  • 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

3.8% ±5.4% (28  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Spencer: 3.8% † 28 (±5.4% / ±40)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rowan County: 6.5% † 2,165 (±1.4% / ±449)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,880 ±306 Number of housing units
  • Spencer: 1,632 † ±208
  • Rowan County: 64,975 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$199,800 ±$43,754 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Spencer: $201,700 † ±$26,236
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rowan County: $238,400 ±$7,874
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

6.4% ±4% (232  ±148.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Spencer: 7% † 232 (±4.4% / ±148.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

82.2% ±7.3% (2,349  ±432.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Spencer: 82.4% † 2,048 (±11.1% / ±311.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 88.9% 92,089 (±2.5% / ±2,555.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
22.1% ±7.5% (631  ±237.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Spencer: 25.6% † 637 (±6.7% / ±171.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Rowan County: 23.3% 24,150 (±1.3% / ±1,384.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.6% ±1.6% (59  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Spencer: 1.8% † 59 (±1.8% / ±59)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rowan County: 6.3% 9,378
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.2% ±3.6% (224  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Spencer: 8.9% † 240 (±4.3% / ±118)
  • 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)
224 Total veterans ±117 195 Male ±100 29 Female ±38

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