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Sandy Creek township, Vance County, NC

6,666 Population
33.6 square miles 198.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vance County: 39.9 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,559 ±$3,062 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vance County: $27,551 ±$1,404
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,500 ±$7,685 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Vance County: $50,465 ±$4,966
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.1% ±7.3% (1,740  ±515) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Vance County: 19.8% † 8,296 (±2.8% / ±1,152)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±3.5 (63,400  ±13,475) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vance County: 25.9 409,235 (±1.3 / ±29,382)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,432 ±255 Number of households
  • Vance County: 16,147 ±422
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.4 (6,658  ±674) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Vance County: 2.6 41,724 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.2% ±0.5% (4  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Vance County: 3.6% † 344 (±2.1% / ±200)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,584 ±242 Number of housing units
  • Vance County: 19,489 ±33
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,200 ±$21,967 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vance County: $161,500 ±$11,509
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±4% (615  ±272.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vance County: 10.1% † 4,218 (±1.9% / ±784.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.7% ±5.7% (3,504  ±435.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vance County: 85.2% 24,299 (±4.3% / ±1,235.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.7% ±3.6% (520  ±168.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vance County: 17.2% † 4,906 (±2.3% / ±641.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.1% ±3.9% (608  ±270) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vance County: 5.7% 2,431
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±2.2% (259  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vance County: 6.8% † 2,169 (±1.2% / ±372)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
259 Total veterans ±113 244 Male ±111 15 Female ±19

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