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South River township, Sampson County, NC

2,402 Population
49.8 square miles 48.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±12 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

$22,923 ±$5,054 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sampson County: $26,978 ±$1,282
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$48,546 ±$15,116 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sampson County: $53,159 ±$5,005
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.9% ±12% (404  ±300) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sampson County: 20.2% † 11,727 (±2.5% / ±1,424)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

38.1 minutes ±6 (39,765  ±15,083) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sampson County: 29.9 688,255 (±1.6 / ±44,527)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

851 ±161 Number of households
  • Sampson County: 21,321 ±437
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.3 (2,396  ±520) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sampson County: 2.7 57,842 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

12.5% ±12.8% (86  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Sampson County: 6.6% † 829 (±1.7% / ±218)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

960 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Sampson County: 25,739 ±37
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$86,800 ±$24,031 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sampson County: $128,400 ±$10,049
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

5.4% ±4.9% (125  ±116.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Sampson County: 5.6% † 3,260 (±1% / ±574)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

88.8% ±27.4% (1,262  ±274.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little 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)
7% ±4.3% (99  ±65.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sampson County: 15.8% 6,282 (±1.3% / ±509.6)
  • about one-fifth 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

5.9% ±4.6% (142  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sampson County: 10.6% 6,276
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.8% ±4.6% (164  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sampson County: 7.2% † 3,186 (±0.8% / ±361)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
164 Total veterans ±93 107 Male ±67 57 Female ±61

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