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Dismal township, Sampson County, NC

3,430 Population
56.5 square miles 60.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±6.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sampson County: 39.7 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,547 ±$5,696 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sampson County: $26,978 ±$1,282
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$71,176 ±$12,204 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sampson County: $53,159 ±$5,005
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.1% ±8.4% (448  ±301) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sampson County: 20.2% † 11,727 (±2.5% / ±1,424)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

40.8 minutes ±9 (63,420  ±19,435) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Sampson County: 29.9 688,255 (±1.6 / ±44,527)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,242 ±189 Number of households
  • Sampson County: 21,321 ±437
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±0.3 (3,393  ±660) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sampson County: 2.7 57,842 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.1% ±4.7% (33  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sampson County: 6.6% † 829 (±1.7% / ±218)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,450 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Sampson County: 25,739 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$121,400 ±$33,028 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Sampson County: $128,400 ±$10,049
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

3.1% ±3% (104  ±102.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Sampson County: 5.6% † 3,260 (±1% / ±574)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

86.2% ±5.8% (2,094  ±343.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sampson County: 84.3% 33,470 (±3.1% / ±1,218)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
16.2% ±4.9% (393  ±132.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sampson County: 15.8% 6,282 (±1.3% / ±509.6)
  • about half 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

8.7% ±6.8% (297  ±239) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sampson County: 10.6% 6,276
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

10.1% ±3.1% (271  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sampson County: 7.2% † 3,186 (±0.8% / ±361)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
271 Total veterans ±93 261 Male ±91 10 Female ±19

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