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Sanford, NC Urban Area

38,091 Population
34.3 square miles 1,109.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,442 ±$1,622 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$57,218 ±$4,560 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.3% ±3.2% (7,175  ±1,187) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.8 minutes ±1.3 (375,040  ±28,782) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

14,047 ±400 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.1 (37,281  ±683) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.4% ±2% (397  ±184) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

15,396 ±432 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$224,100 ±$12,608 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.4% ±2.5% (5,438  ±948.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

82% ±3.8% (20,338  ±1,060) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
23.1% ±2.1% (5,729  ±531.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

13.2% ±1.8% (5,031  ±684) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.6% ±1.2% (1,844  ±344) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,844 Total veterans ±344 1,612 Male ±331 232 Female ±96

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