Sandy Creek vs Varnamtown

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

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

Varnamtown has the higher population (792 vs 281 in Sandy Creek). Varnamtown has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $53,750 in Sandy Creek). Varnamtown has the higher median home value ($277,900 vs $125,000 in Sandy Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Sandy Creek	Varnamtown
Population	281	792
Median age	43.2 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$68,750
Median home value	$125,000	$277,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,068
Housing units	107	375
Homeownership rate	93.9%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandy Creek	Varnamtown
Population	230 → 281 (+22.2%)	465 → 792 (+70.3%)
Median household income	$49,107 → $53,750 (+9.5%)	$47,292 → $68,750 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$133,700 → $125,000 (-6.5%)	$167,600 → $277,900 (+65.8%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $910 (+9.2%)	$836 → $1,068 (+27.8%)

Sandy Creek

Population

230281

Median household income

$49,107$53,750

Median home value

$133,700$125,000

Median gross rent

$833$910

Varnamtown

Population

465792

Median household income

$47,292$68,750

Median home value

$167,600$277,900

Median gross rent

$836$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandy Creek	Varnamtown
Under 5	2.5%	0.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	17.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	3.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	27.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	16.2%
75 and over	10.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandy Creek	Varnamtown
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandy Creek	Varnamtown
No high school diploma	10.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	44.9%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandy Creek	Varnamtown
Drove alone	77.5%	68.1%
Carpooled	20.4%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	23.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandy Creek	Varnamtown
1-unit, detached	46.7%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
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	53.3%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Sandy Creek	Varnamtown
Poverty rate	19.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1996	1989