Rowland is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 894 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rowland is the 414th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns, Rowland isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rowland are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rowland is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rowland who work in sales jobs (12.55%), healthcare suport services (10.46%), and office and administrative support (8.37%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Rowland has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Rowland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rowland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rowland may be for you.In Rowland, just 11.35% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Rowland in 2022 was $19,793, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,172 for a family of four. However, Rowland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rowland also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.73% of its population below the federal poverty line.Rowland is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rowland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rowland residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Rowland include Irish, Scottish, French, English, and African. The most common language spoken in Rowland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Laotian and Arabic.
