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Herring township, Sampson County, NC

1,645 Population
38.5 square miles 42.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.9 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Sampson County: 39.7 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,542 ±$7,638 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sampson County: $26,978 ±$1,282
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$67,543 ±$33,051 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sampson County: $53,159 ±$5,005
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

22% ±9.5% (361  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sampson County: 20.2% † 11,727 (±2.5% / ±1,424)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.3 minutes ±12 (22,700  ±12,760) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Sampson County: 29.9 688,255 (±1.6 / ±44,527)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

738 ±207 Number of households
  • Sampson County: 21,321 ±437
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.8 (1,645  ±412) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sampson County: 2.7 57,842 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

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

Housing

919 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Sampson County: 25,739 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$234,600 ±$52,582 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Sampson County: $128,400 ±$10,049
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

6.3% ±5.2% (104  ±88.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sampson County: 5.6% † 3,260 (±1% / ±574)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

85.5% ±30.3% (1,126  ±264.1) 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)
23% ±10.3% (303  ±157.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sampson County: 15.8% 6,282 (±1.3% / ±509.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.5% ±4.1% (58  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Sampson County: 10.6% 6,276
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.5% ±2.4% (51  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Sampson County: 7.2% † 3,186 (±0.8% / ±361)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
51 Total veterans ±38 49 Male ±37 2 Female ±6

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