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Census Tract 303, Lee, NC

2,965 Population
1.8 square miles 1,631.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sanford: 34.7 ±1.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lee County: 39.5 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$14,572 ±$2,358 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Sanford: $28,130 ±$1,664
  • about half the amount in Lee County: $32,243 ±$1,384
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$28,801 ±$12,684 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Sanford: $57,586 ±$5,084
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lee County: $65,387 ±$3,096
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

40.3% ±15.6% (1,037  ±466) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Sanford: 22% † 6,773 (±3.4% / ±1,059)
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 16.5% † 10,663 (±1.9% / ±1,203)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.3 minutes ±5.6 (21,695  ±8,341) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Sanford: 23.3 292,495 (±1.5 / ±25,095)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lee County: 25.8 722,735 (±1.4 / ±44,964)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

863 ±182 Number of households
  • Sanford: 11,359 ±414
  • Lee County: 25,145 ±420
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
3 ±0.3 (2,561  ±593) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sanford: 2.7 30,732 (±0.1 / ±49)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lee County: 2.6 64,896 (±0 / ±23)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

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

Housing

1,202 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Sanford: 12,531 ±362
  • Lee County: 27,166 ±34
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$110,000 ±$84,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Sanford: $245,400 ±$17,162
  • about half the amount in Lee County: $240,200 ±$11,383
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

30.1% ±11.9% (892  ±393.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Sanford: 13.9% † 4,353 (±2.8% / ±862.6)
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 10.3% † 6,709 (±1.7% / ±1,088.9)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

63% ±9.7% (1,062  ±227.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sanford: 79.2% 15,850 (±4.5% / ±980)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lee County: 84.9% 38,022 (±3.3% / ±1,464.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
6.9% ±4.5% (117  ±78) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Sanford: 21.6% † 4,327 (±2.4% / ±500)
  • about one-third of the rate in Lee County: 21.3% 9,538 (±1.6% / ±718.2)
  • about one-fifth 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

13.9% ±6.3% (412  ±203) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sanford: 15% † 4,708 (±2.2% / ±691)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lee County: 9.9% 6,527
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

2.1% ±1.7% (44  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sanford: 5.4% † 1,209 (±1.3% / ±298)
  • about one-third of the rate in Lee County: 7.2% † 3,590 (±1% / ±512)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
44 Total veterans ±36 38 Male ±32 6 Female ±11

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