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Census Tract 508, Rowan, NC

2,808 Population
7.4 square miles 377.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±6.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in East Spencer: 51 † ±11.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rowan County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,835 ±$5,891 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in East Spencer: $28,138 † ±$7,152
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rowan County: $33,667 ±$1,107
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$50,451 ±$7,132 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in East Spencer: $34,417 † ±$19,881
  • 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

14.5% ±5.6% (406  ±172) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in East Spencer: 26.7% † 382 (±9.9% / ±171)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 16% † 23,353 (±1.7% / ±2,462)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.7 minutes ±4.8 (22,860  ±8,051) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in East Spencer: 22.8 † 9,960 (±2.7 / ±4,620)
  • about 90 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

1,338 ±181 Number of households
  • East Spencer: 750 † ±197
  • Rowan County: 58,899 ±715
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.2 (2,807  ±465) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in East Spencer: 1.9 † 1,434 (±0.7 / ±359)
  • about 80 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

3.7% ±3.3% (22  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Spencer: 4.3% † 14 (±4.3% / ±16)
  • 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

1,515 ±193 Number of housing units
  • East Spencer: 812 † ±206
  • Rowan County: 64,975 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$124,100 ±$27,217 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in East Spencer: $112,000 † ±$14,700
  • about half the amount in Rowan County: $238,400 ±$7,874
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

12.9% ±8.9% (360  ±255.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in East Spencer: 5.4% † 77 (±4.9% / ±73.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rowan County: 10.7% † 15,944 (±1.2% / ±1,801.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.1% ±7.5% (1,951  ±334.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in East Spencer: 89.9% † 1,040 (±32.5% / ±255.7)
  • 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)
15.9% ±6.6% (351  ±155.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in East Spencer: 11.9% † 138 (±8.6% / ±105.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rowan County: 23.3% 24,150 (±1.3% / ±1,384.6)
  • about two-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

4.9% ±3.9% (137  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in East Spencer: 4.5% † 65 (±4.2% / ±62)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 6.3% 9,378
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.4% ±2.2% (127  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in East Spencer: 5.2% † 64 (±2.8% / ±38)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rowan County: 7.2% 8,425 (±0.6% / ±698)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
127 Total veterans ±55 127 Male ±55 N/A Female ±14

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