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Population (year 2000): 3,616. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,714 (+2.7% change)
Males: 1,753 (48.5%), Females: 1,863 (51.5%)
Rowan County
Zip code:
28023
Median resident age: 35.1 years
Median household income: $36,580 (year 2000)
Median house value: $83,600 (year 2000)
Races in China Grove:
- White Non-Hispanic (81.7%)
- Hispanic (9.4%)
- Black (7.0%)
- Other race (5.4%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (17.4%), German
(13.2%), Scotch-Irish (6.4%), Irish (6.3%), English (5.4%),
Dutch (2.1%).
Elevation: 800 feet
Land area: 2.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in China Grove
- High school or higher: 70.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 5.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in China Grove town
- Never married: 25.4%
- Now married: 52.0%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 9.2%
- Divorced: 10.5%
6.6% Foreign born (6.1% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +383 (+11.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near China Grove:
- ROWAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles;
SALISBURY, NC)
- NORTHEAST MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles; CONCORD,
NC)
- PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
China Grove:
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 36 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 47 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 57 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
Other public-use airports nearest to China Grove:
- ROWAN COUNTY (about 7 miles; SALISBURY, NC; ID: RUQ)
- CONCORD REGIONAL (about 16 miles; CONCORD, NC; ID:
JQF)
- BEAR CREEK (about 20 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT, NC; ID:
N44)
Amtrak stations near China Grove:
- 6 miles: KANNAPOLIS (306 N. MAIN ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term
parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi
service.
- 11 miles: SALISBURY (DEPOT & LIBERTY STS.).
Services: partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public payphones, free short-term parking,
free long-term parking, call for car rental service,
call for taxi service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
China Grove:
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 11 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,499)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 22
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 45 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
Public high school in China Grove:
- SOUTH ROWAN HIGH (Students: 1,688; Location:
1655 PATTERSON ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in China Grove:
- CHINA GROVE ELEMENTARY (Students: 784;
Location: 514 S FRANKLIN ST; Grades: KG - 05)
- CHINA GROVE MIDDLE (Students: 631; Location:
1013 N MAIN ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- ENOCHVILLE ELEMENTARY (Students: 563;
Location: 925 N ENOCHVILLE AVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- BOSTIAN ELEMENTARY (Students: 422; Location:
4245 OLD BEATTY FORD RD; Grades: KG - 05)
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