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Herring township, Sampson County, NC

1,671 Population
38.5 square miles 43.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sampson County: 39.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,036 ±$7,942 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sampson County: $25,969 ±$1,150
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$48,981 ±$31,037 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Sampson County: $49,963 ±$3,603
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

31.7% ±15.3% (530  ±289) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sampson County: 22.3% † 12,959 (±2.4% / ±1,372)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

36 minutes ±9.5 (26,245  ±11,696) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sampson County: 29.4 684,520 (±1.9 / ±50,275)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

670 ±190 Number of households
  • Sampson County: 21,395 ±434
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.5 ±1 (1,671  ±423) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sampson County: 2.7 58,028 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

837 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Sampson County: 25,685 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$201,000 ±$96,393 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Sampson County: $116,600 ±$4,321
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

8.5% ±7.1% (142  ±,123.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sampson County: 6.2% † 3,615 (±1.1% / ±,661.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

83.8% ±4.8% (1,032  ±,274.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sampson County: 82.6% 32,864 (±3.2% / ±1,266.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
20.5% ±11.3% (252  ±,153.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sampson County: 14.9% 5,927 (±1.3% / ±,509.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

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

4.6% ±4.9% (77  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sampson County: 10.4% 6,184
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

1.9% ±1.6% (26  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sampson County: 6.6% † 2,971 (±0.8% / ±337)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
26 Total veterans ±23 24 Male ±22 2 Female ±6

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