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Sterlings township, Robeson County, NC

667 Population
44.5 square miles 15 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±9.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Robeson County: 36.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,867 ±$7,024 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Robeson County: $22,925 ±$823
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$44,821 ±$18,540 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Robeson County: $40,318 ±$1,300
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.6% ±16.9% (111  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Robeson County: 28.8% 32,642 (±1.3% / ±1,426)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

30.1 minutes ±7.4 (9,795  ±4,065) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Robeson County: 25 1,015,725 (±0.7 / ±37,361)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

282 ±67 Number of households
  • Robeson County: 42,744 ±300
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.3 (667  ±183) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Robeson County: 2.7 113,390 (±0 / ±85)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.8% ±5.5% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Robeson County: 4.6% † 1,258 (±0.8% / ±209)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

318 ±65 Number of housing units
  • Robeson County: 48,874 ±78
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$74,800 ±$28,305 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Robeson County: $88,600 ±$3,111
  • about one-quarter of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

6.3% ±10.2% (42  ±68.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Robeson County: 6.3% † 7,250 (±0.7% / ±820)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

76.2% ±11.8% (339  ±96.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Robeson County: 78.9% 59,354 (±1.7% / ±1,251.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
13% ±10.7% (58  ±49.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Robeson County: 14.6% 10,955 (±0.8% / ±579.8)
  • 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

1.8% ±2.5% (12  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Robeson County: 5.1% 5,983
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

1.4% ±2.2% (7  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Robeson County: 6.5% 5,682 (±0.5% / ±452)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
7 Total veterans ±11 7 Male ±11 N/A Female ±14

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