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Sandy Mush township, Buncombe County, NC

1,519 Population
33.6 square miles 45.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±12.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Buncombe County: 42.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,092 ±$8,040 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buncombe County: $40,879 ±$1,075
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$64,810 ±$20,748 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buncombe County: $70,578 ±$1,846
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

9% ±5.8% (135  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Buncombe County: 11.8% 31,202 (±1% / ±2,654)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

27.8 minutes ±21.4 (16,305  ±8,024) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Buncombe County: 20.8 2,267,190 (±0.2 / ±61,275)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

534 ±169 Number of households
  • Buncombe County: 102,672 ±1,818
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.4 (1,509  ±516) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Buncombe County: 2.6 264,577 (±0.1 / ±91)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.5% ±5.1% (11  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Buncombe County: 3.6% † 2,253 (±0.9% / ±568)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

610 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Buncombe County: 132,191 ±102
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$279,900 ±$34,106 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Buncombe County: $360,000 ±$8,511
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

3.7% ±4% (55  ±63.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Buncombe County: 11.4% 30,745 (±0.8% / ±2,017.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.2% ±38.3% (980  ±277) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buncombe County: 92.3% 186,588 (±1.9% / ±3,917.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
27.9% ±6.4% (325  ±137.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buncombe County: 44.6% 90,206 (±1.4% / ±2,750.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

1.6% ±1.6% (24  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Buncombe County: 7% 19,134
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

11.1% ±4% (135  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Buncombe County: 6.7% 14,976 (±0.5% / ±1,072)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
135 Total veterans ±67 117 Male ±59 18 Female ±22

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