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Sandy Creek township, Franklin County, NC

3,006 Population
53.2 square miles 56.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±11.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 40.9 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,493 ±$9,536 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $33,957 ±$1,661
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$69,931 ±$18,233 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $71,386 ±$3,973
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.4% ±9.7% (487  ±299) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 10.1% † 7,118 (±1.7% / ±1,193)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

37.5 minutes ±18.2 (35,690  ±11,358) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 34.4 1,028,200 (±1 / ±47,104)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,186 ±231 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 27,442 ±512
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.7 (3,006  ±524) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.6 70,533 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

17.9% ±16.1% (100  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Franklin County: 6.1% † 945 (±1.9% / ±290)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,346 ±244 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 30,790 ±39
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$181,400 ±$44,739 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Franklin County: $240,900 ±$10,459
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

9.4% ±6.8% (273  ±204.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 8.9% † 6,366 (±1.3% / ±893)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

77% ±5.5% (1,652  ±336.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 87.7% 44,116 (±3.3% / ±1,656.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
13.1% ±8.1% (280  ±180.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 24.4% 12,276 (±1.7% / ±863.4)
  • 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

4.9% ±3.7% (147  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 5.4% 3,854
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

15.8% ±12.2% (375  ±295) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Franklin County: 8% † 4,467 (±0.9% / ±493)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
375 Total veterans ±295 264 Male ±167 111 Female ±150

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