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27330

39,778 Population
210.7 square miles 188.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,192 ±$1,691 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: $32,243 ±$1,384
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$61,300 ±$2,530 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: $65,387 ±$3,096
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

17.9% ±2.6% (6,992  ±1,050) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 16.5% † 10,663 (±1.9% / ±1,203)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.9 minutes ±1.3 (415,475  ±33,943) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 25.8 722,735 (±1.4 / ±44,964)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

15,097 ±698 Number of households
  • the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 25,145 ±420
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.2 (39,012  ±1,639) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 2.6 64,896 (±0 / ±23)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.7% ±1.7% (333  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 4.1% † 595 (±1.5% / ±215)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

16,488 ±642 Number of housing units
  • the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 27,166 ±34
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$242,700 ±$14,827 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: $240,200 ±$11,383
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

11% ±2.2% (4,349  ±869.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 10.3% † 6,709 (±1.7% / ±1,088.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85% ±2.7% (22,228  ±1,203.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 84.9% 38,022 (±3.3% / ±1,464.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
21.9% ±2% (5,717  ±569) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 21.3% 9,538 (±1.6% / ±718.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

10.2% ±1.7% (4,072  ±683) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 9.9% 6,527
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.7% ±1.1% (1,682  ±328) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Sanford, NC Micro Area: 7.2% † 3,590 (±1% / ±512)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,682 Total veterans ±328 1,525 Male ±307 157 Female ±76

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