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Sandy Creek township, Franklin County, NC

2,789 Population
53.2 square miles 52.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.6 ±9.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 41 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,643 ±$9,993 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $36,103 ±$1,914
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,077 ±$24,870 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $74,240 ±$3,647
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±9.3% (478  ±274) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 11.1% † 8,062 (±1.8% / ±1,300)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.4 minutes ±19.3 (32,185  ±9,860) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 33.3 1,011,940 (±1.2 / ±49,668)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,133 ±264 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 28,529 ±518
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.8 (2,789  ±600) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 2.6 72,976 (±0.1 / ±52)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

20.8% ±16.6% (93  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Franklin County: 7.8% † 1,272 (±1.7% / ±275)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,345 ±267 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 31,767 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$177,600 ±$58,998 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Franklin County: $284,300 ±$14,000
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.9% ±2.7% (79  ±73.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 7.6% † 5,615 (±1.1% / ±827.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

74.7% ±0.8% (1,497  ±324) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 88.4% 46,040 (±3.3% / ±1,708.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.6% ±9.1% (292  ±193.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 27% 14,061 (±1.9% / ±1,012.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-fifths of 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

5% ±4% (140  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 6% 4,469
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.5% ±11.6% (366  ±270) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Franklin County: 8.1% † 4,678 (±0.9% / ±543)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
366 Total veterans ±270 248 Male ±148 118 Female ±153

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