Northwest vs Sandy Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Northwest and Sandy Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Northwest and Sandy Creek are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Northwest has the higher population (690 vs 281 in Sandy Creek). Sandy Creek has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $53,143 in Northwest). Northwest has the higher median home value ($183,700 vs $125,000 in Sandy Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Northwest	Sandy Creek
Population	690	281
Median age	51.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,143	$53,750
Median home value	$183,700	$125,000
Median gross rent	$1,006	—
Housing units	376	107
Homeownership rate	87.1%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwest	Sandy Creek
Population	856 → 690 (-19.4%)	230 → 281 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$35,469 → $53,143 (+49.8%)	$49,107 → $53,750 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$100,700 → $183,700 (+82.4%)	$133,700 → $125,000 (-6.5%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,006 (+34.1%)	$833 → $910 (+9.2%)

Northwest

Population

856690

Median household income

$35,469$53,143

Median home value

$100,700$183,700

Median gross rent

$750$1,006

Sandy Creek

Population

230281

Median household income

$49,107$53,750

Median home value

$133,700$125,000

Median gross rent

$833$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northwest	Sandy Creek
Under 5	5.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	9.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	17.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	15.9%	8.9%
75 and over	8.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwest	Sandy Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	81.9%
Black or African American	65.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwest	Sandy Creek
No high school diploma	7.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	29.7%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwest	Sandy Creek
Drove alone	75.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	2.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwest	Sandy Creek
1-unit, detached	72.9%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	53.3%

Poverty & households

	Northwest	Sandy Creek
Poverty rate	17.1%	19.6%
Average household size	2.03	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1994	1996