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Township 3, Sheffield, Moore County, NC

5,862 Population
73.9 square miles 79.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Moore County: 43 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,614 ±$3,881 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Moore County: $45,505 ±$1,596
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,379 ±$3,057 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Moore County: $86,080 ±$3,381
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±3.7% (810  ±240) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Moore County: 10.1% † 10,410 (±1% / ±1,065)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.6 minutes ±4 (72,835  ±17,436) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Moore County: 26.6 1,059,975 (±0.9 / ±46,939)
  • about 10 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

2,257 ±317 Number of households
  • Moore County: 44,013 ±659
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (5,850  ±838) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Moore County: 2.4 103,740 (±0 / ±15)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.4% ±8.7% (189  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Moore County: 5.9% † 1,242 (±1.3% / ±266)
  • 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

2,874 ±313 Number of housing units
  • Moore County: 50,280 ±49
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$120,500 ±$24,323 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Moore County: $351,400 ±$9,177
  • 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

10.4% ±5.9% (607  ±357.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Moore County: 12.9% † 13,366 (±1.4% / ±1,498)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±2.7% (3,127  ±399.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Moore County: 93.7% 71,022 (±2.5% / ±1,894)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.7% ±3.6% (539  ±147.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Moore County: 41% 31,066 (±1.5% / ±1,142.4)
  • 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

12.5% ±6.1% (735  ±373) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Moore County: 5.1% 5,317
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.9% ±1.7% (125  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Moore County: 13.2% 10,291 (±0.9% / ±676)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
125 Total veterans ±75 111 Male ±71 14 Female ±23

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