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Township 8, Sandhills, Moore County, NC

19,564 Population
81.2 square miles 241 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Moore County: 42.8 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,359 ±$4,036 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Moore County: $44,318 ±$1,790
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$72,943 ±$4,121 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Moore County: $82,837 ±$3,212
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

10.6% ±3.2% (2,014  ±615) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Moore County: 10% † 10,077 (±1.1% / ±1,120)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.2 minutes ±3.2 (226,445  ±20,413) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Moore County: 26.8 1,060,260 (±0.9 / ±49,143)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

8,598 ±554 Number of households
  • Moore County: 42,814 ±661
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.2 (19,249  ±1,030) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Moore County: 2.4 101,648 (±0 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.1% ±2.2% (184  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Moore County: 5.4% † 1,123 (±1.4% / ±289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

9,120 ±533 Number of housing units
  • Moore County: 49,419 ±50
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$277,800 ±$19,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Moore County: $315,300 ±$11,354
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

16.7% ±3.7% (3,209  ±736.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Moore County: 14.1% † 14,380 (±1.5% / ±1,520.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

91.6% ±4.7% (12,758  ±1,005.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Moore County: 92.7% 68,631 (±2.7% / ±2,047.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
35.4% ±3.9% (4,936  ±615.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Moore County: 40.9% 30,279 (±1.7% / ±1,256.5)
  • about the same as 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

5.8% ±1.8% (1,140  ±360) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Moore County: 5% 5,175
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

13.8% ±2.4% (1,908  ±354) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Moore County: 12.3% 9,424 (±1% / ±783)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,908 Total veterans ±354 1,579 Male ±306 329 Female ±161

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