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Plain View township, Sampson County, NC

3,951 Population
46.2 square miles 85.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±8.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sampson County: 39.7 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,284 ±$6,398 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sampson County: $26,978 ±$1,282
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$76,750 ±$17,434 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sampson County: $53,159 ±$5,005
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

5.8% ±3.4% (226  ±136) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sampson County: 20.2% † 11,727 (±2.5% / ±1,424)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

35.8 minutes ±7.5 (65,075  ±20,659) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sampson County: 29.9 688,255 (±1.6 / ±44,527)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,423 ±170 Number of households
  • Sampson County: 21,321 ±437
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.3 (3,922  ±615) 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

4.7% ±7% (37  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sampson County: 6.6% † 829 (±1.7% / ±218)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,924 ±218 Number of housing units
  • Sampson County: 25,739 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$229,500 ±$47,192 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Sampson County: $128,400 ±$10,049
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

8.4% ±6% (329  ±239.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sampson County: 5.6% † 3,260 (±1% / ±574)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

91.3% ±6.6% (2,321  ±381.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sampson County: 84.3% 33,470 (±3.1% / ±1,218)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
21.3% ±6% (541  ±172.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sampson County: 15.8% 6,282 (±1.3% / ±509.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

3.6% ±2.3% (144  ±92) 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

15.2% ±5.5% (463  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Sampson County: 7.2% † 3,186 (±0.8% / ±361)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
463 Total veterans ±186 411 Male ±181 52 Female ±62

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