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Township 8, Sparta, Edgecombe County, NC

1,650 Population
38.8 square miles 42.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Edgecombe County: 41.7 ±0.7
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,832 ±$6,506 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Edgecombe County: $28,085 ±$1,335
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,447 ±$19,338 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Edgecombe County: $51,265 ±$3,893
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±6% (137  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Edgecombe County: 21.7% † 10,407 (±2.6% / ±1,237)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.8 minutes ±9.3 (19,690  ±9,451) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Edgecombe County: 22.5 417,200 (±1 / ±28,106)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

742 ±164 Number of households
  • Edgecombe County: 19,652 ±475
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.7 (1,650  ±333) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Edgecombe County: 2.4 47,974 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±6.6% (13  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Edgecombe County: 7.7% † 820 (±2.1% / ±226)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

796 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Edgecombe County: 23,281 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,100 ±$13,576 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Edgecombe County: $125,100 ±$7,109
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.8% ±3.1% (29  ±51.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Edgecombe County: 8.8% † 4,221 (±1.8% / ±839.3)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82% ±25.4% (1,101  ±239.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Edgecombe County: 85.1% 28,798 (±3.6% / ±1,222.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.5% ±8.9% (222  ±128.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Edgecombe County: 17.5% † 5,930 (±1.9% / ±638)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

7.4% ±3.9% (109  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Edgecombe County: 7.7% † 2,878 (±1.1% / ±403)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
109 Total veterans ±62 99 Male ±59 10 Female ±14

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