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Sanford, NC Urban Area

38,752 Population
34.3 square miles 1,129 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,876 ±$1,503 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,027 ±$2,845 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.3% ±2.9% (7,738  ±1,098) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.3 minutes ±1.4 (381,925  ±29,238) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,289 ±463 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (37,988  ±871) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±1.9% (375  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,667 ±457 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$252,200 ±$12,664 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±2.3% (5,074  ±893.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.1% ±3.8% (20,920  ±1,112.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.1% ±2% (5,875  ±538.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

13.3% ±1.7% (5,171  ±683) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±1.2% (1,722  ±345) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,722 Total veterans ±345 1,524 Male ±324 198 Female ±92

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