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Township 8, Sparta, Edgecombe County, NC

1,724 Population
38.8 square miles 44.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Edgecombe County: 41.7 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,974 ±$5,056 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Edgecombe County: $27,235 ±$1,237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$49,141 ±$12,570 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Edgecombe County: $48,480 ±$3,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

11.2% ±8.4% (191  ±150) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Edgecombe County: 21.9% † 10,516 (±2.5% / ±1,220)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

28.9 minutes ±5.8 (19,950  ±8,618) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Edgecombe County: 22.9 423,705 (±1.3 / ±30,679)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

778 ±180 Number of households
  • Edgecombe County: 19,533 ±400
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.1 (1,724  ±409) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Edgecombe County: 2.5 48,040 (±0.1 / ±49)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

6.5% ±6.5% (23  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Edgecombe County: 6.5% † 692 (±1.9% / ±198)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

884 ±176 Number of housing units
  • Edgecombe County: 23,258 ±82
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$107,200 ±$16,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Edgecombe County: $116,800 ±$5,426
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

2.1% ±3.4% (36  ±59.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Edgecombe County: 8.6% † 4,156 (±1.8% / ±870.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

73.4% ±23.3% (1,006  ±223) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Edgecombe County: 84.4% 28,600 (±3.5% / ±1,196.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
14.3% ±8.5% (196  ±125) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Edgecombe County: 16.7% † 5,669 (±1.7% / ±568.9)
  • about two-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.3% ±3.3% (77  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Edgecombe County: 7.5% † 2,825 (±1.1% / ±407)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
77 Total veterans ±51 69 Male ±53 8 Female ±13

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