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Township 3, Sheffield, Moore County, NC

5,559 Population
73.9 square miles 75.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Moore County: 42.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,419 ±$3,353 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Moore County: $44,318 ±$1,790
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$49,375 ±$6,502 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Moore County: $82,837 ±$3,212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.9% ±7.1% (904  ±403) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Moore County: 10% † 10,077 (±1.1% / ±1,120)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

28 minutes ±5.1 (64,730  ±17,843) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Moore County: 26.8 1,060,260 (±0.9 / ±49,143)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,122 ±290 Number of households
  • Moore County: 42,814 ±661
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.6 ±0.2 (5,548  ±885) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Moore County: 2.4 101,648 (±0 / ±16)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

7.8% ±9.1% (91  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Moore County: 5.4% † 1,123 (±1.4% / ±289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,793 ±313 Number of housing units
  • Moore County: 49,419 ±50
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$105,500 ±$21,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Moore County: $315,300 ±$11,354
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10.2% ±6% (569  ±344.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Moore County: 14.1% † 14,380 (±1.5% / ±1,520.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

77% ±3.9% (2,725  ±368.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Moore County: 92.7% 68,631 (±2.7% / ±2,047.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
10% ±3% (352  ±115.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Moore County: 40.9% 30,279 (±1.7% / ±1,256.5)
  • about one-quarter 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

12.5% ±6.3% (695  ±366) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Moore County: 5% 5,175
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.5% ±1.7% (145  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Moore County: 12.3% 9,424 (±1% / ±783)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
145 Total veterans ±72 133 Male ±72 12 Female ±19

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