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Census Tract 517, Rowan, NC

8,073 Population
17.1 square miles 471.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in China Grove: 39.2 † ±11.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rowan County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,423 ±$3,396 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in China Grove: $27,449 † ±$4,712
  • 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
$52,960 ±$9,270 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in China Grove: $54,083 † ±$18,936
  • 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

14.3% ±7.9% (1,154  ±644) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in China Grove: 17.2% † 774 (±9.5% / ±427)
  • 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)

26 minutes ±2.8 (82,605  ±16,775) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in China Grove: 29.4 † 48,540 (±3 / ±10,909)
  • about the same as the figure in Rowan County: 26.2 1,600,965 (±0.9 / ±71,458)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

3,114 ±319 Number of households
  • China Grove: 1,881 † ±242
  • Rowan County: 58,899 ±715
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0 (8,043  ±834) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in China Grove: 2.4 † 4,500 (±0.3 / ±31)
  • a little higher than the figure in Rowan County: 2.5 145,966 (±0 / ±68)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6.6% ±4.2% (127  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in China Grove: 7.3% † 81 (±5.5% / ±64)
  • about the same as the rate in Rowan County: 6.5% † 2,165 (±1.4% / ±449)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

3,368 ±360 Number of housing units
  • China Grove: 2,016 † ±273
  • Rowan County: 64,975 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$227,200 ±$20,428 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in China Grove: $225,800 ±$21,237
  • 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

5.7% ±3.9% (454  ±312.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in China Grove: 6.4% † 286 (±4.1% / ±182.7)
  • about half the rate in Rowan County: 10.7% † 15,944 (±1.2% / ±1,801.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

84.7% ±7.9% (4,525  ±593.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in China Grove: 82.6% † 2,696 (±11.3% / ±456.9)
  • a little less than 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)
18.6% ±4.1% (993  ±236.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in China Grove: 12.3% † 401 (±4.5% / ±153.7)
  • 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)

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

12% ±6.5% (970  ±531) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in China Grove: 11.9% † 537 (±8.9% / ±405)
  • nearly double the rate in Rowan County: 6.3% 9,378
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.3% ±2.7% (386  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in China Grove: 5.9% † 209 (±3.3% / ±119)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rowan County: 7.2% 8,425 (±0.6% / ±698)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
386 Total veterans ±171 334 Male ±155 52 Female ±52

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