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Sandy Ridge township, Union County, NC

67,905 Population
64.8 square miles 1,048.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Union County: 39.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$68,245 ±$2,621 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $45,355 ±$834
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$175,176 ±$8,836 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $99,243 ±$2,455
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

2.7% ±0.8% (1,862  ±565) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Union County: 7.7% † 18,530 (±0.8% / ±1,997)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.1 minutes ±2.6 (733,635  ±41,899) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Union County: 29.7 2,960,065 (±0.4 / ±74,315)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

20,791 ±636 Number of households
  • Union County: 82,231 ±626
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
3.3 ±0.1 (67,904  ±1,330) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 3 242,316 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.3% ±0.9% (529  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Union County: 4.7% † 2,772 (±0.7% / ±395)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

21,337 ±634 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 86,730 ±84
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$628,200 ±$11,736 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $374,400 ±$6,571
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11.4% ±1.7% (7,693  ±1,142.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 11.4% 27,764 (±1% / ±2,329.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

95.6% ±2.2% (40,271  ±1,451.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Union County: 90.4% 143,152 (±1.9% / ±2,957.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
62.1% ±1.9% (26,154  ±1,083.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 39% 61,773 (±1.2% / ±1,889.7)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

13.3% ±1.2% (9,001  ±802) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 11.5% 28,229
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.3% ±0.9% (2,974  ±434) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 6.4% 11,567 (±0.4% / ±794)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,974 Total veterans ±434 2,464 Male ±341 510 Female ±248

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