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Census Tract 518.01, Rowan, NC

3,826 Population
20.1 square miles 189.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±6.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rowan County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,626 ±$4,977 Per capita income
  • 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
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,435 ±$15,378 Median household income
  • 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
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±12.2% (671  ±476) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rowan County: 16% † 23,353 (±1.7% / ±2,462)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±3.7 (46,540  ±11,711) Mean travel time to work
  • 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)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,508 ±179 Number of households
  • Rowan County: 58,899 ±715
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (3,809  ±610) Persons per household
  • about the same as 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
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,659 ±167 Number of housing units
  • Rowan County: 64,975 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,200 ±$82,942 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • 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
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.1% ±2% (119  ±80.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rowan County: 10.7% † 15,944 (±1.2% / ±1,801.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.2% ±6% (2,403  ±356.3) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16% ±5.2% (451  ±156.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.1% ±2.6% (80  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Rowan County: 6.3% 9,378
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.3% (189  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • 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)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
189 Total veterans ±75 173 Male ±73 16 Female ±23

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