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Sanford, NC

30,833 Population
31.6 square miles 976.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 39.9 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,775 ±$1,799 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: $31,394 ±$1,166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$54,294 ±$3,433 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: $63,060 ±$2,807
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

20.3% ±3.5% (6,106  ±1,067) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 15.5% † 9,787 (±2.1% / ±1,320)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23 minutes ±1.4 (297,850  ±24,042) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 25.7 705,730 (±1.3 / ±41,177)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

11,237 ±393 Number of households
  • the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 24,659 ±389
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±0.1 (30,052  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 2.6 63,602 (±0 / ±25)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.5% ±2.5% (327  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 4.4% † 638 (±1.5% / ±219)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

12,364 ±414 Number of housing units
  • the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 26,854 ±38
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$222,000 ±$13,617 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: $213,800 ±$10,569
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.4% ±2.9% (4,409  ±880.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 11.4% † 7,272 (±1.8% / ±1,132.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

79.6% ±4.4% (15,518  ±961.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 85.1% 37,287 (±3.2% / ±1,405)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
22.4% ±2.3% (4,361  ±459.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 21.6% 9,466 (±1.5% / ±662)
  • about two-thirds 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

14.5% ±2.2% (4,458  ±688) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 9.6% 6,175
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6% ±1.5% (1,344  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 7% † 3,437 (±0.8% / ±391)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,344 Total veterans ±333 1,175 Male ±322 169 Female ±89

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