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South River township, Sampson County, NC

1,972 Population
49.8 square miles 39.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±6.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sampson County: 39.7 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,167 ±$7,082 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sampson County: $27,307 ±$1,306
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$54,167 ±$17,402 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sampson County: $52,432 ±$4,188
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

11.8% ±6.5% (231  ±138) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Sampson County: 21.8% † 12,703 (±2.5% / ±1,449)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

30.3 minutes ±7.5 (28,890  ±12,946) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sampson County: 26.5 603,065 (±1.2 / ±35,536)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

714 ±153 Number of households
  • Sampson County: 21,607 ±439
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.8 ±0.3 (1,966  ±459) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sampson County: 2.7 57,995 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.3% ±6.5% (35  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sampson County: 6.3% † 797 (±1.9% / ±240)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

815 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Sampson County: 25,852 ±41
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$88,600 ±$21,793 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Sampson County: $150,700 ±$8,685
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

1.6% ±1.5% (31  ±29.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Sampson County: 4.5% † 2,630 (±0.8% / ±452.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

88.4% ±7.6% (1,055  ±257.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sampson County: 84.1% 33,486 (±3.1% / ±1,248.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
11.1% ±6.5% (132  ±83.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sampson County: 16.2% 6,464 (±1.3% / ±522.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

6.2% ±5.1% (122  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sampson County: 10.7% 6,332
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.2% ±2.7% (64  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sampson County: 6.9% † 3,083 (±0.9% / ±382)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
64 Total veterans ±44 37 Male ±26 27 Female ±36

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