Bolton vs Sandyfield

A side-by-side comparison of Bolton and Sandyfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandyfield has the higher population (683 vs 469 in Bolton). Bolton has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $32,750 in Sandyfield). Bolton has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $83,500 in Sandyfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bolton	Sandyfield
Population	469	683
Median age	38.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$32,750
Median home value	$125,000	$83,500
Median gross rent	—	$864
Housing units	193	265
Homeownership rate	84.7%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolton	Sandyfield
Population	648 → 469 (-27.6%)	429 → 683 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$33,472 → $46,250 (+38.2%)	$43,542 → $32,750 (-24.8%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $125,000 (+42.4%)	$77,200 → $83,500 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $850 (-3.8%)	$425 → $864 (+103.3%)

Bolton

Population

648469

Median household income

$33,472$46,250

Median home value

$87,800$125,000

Median gross rent

$884$850

Sandyfield

Population

429683

Median household income

$43,542$32,750

Median home value

$77,200$83,500

Median gross rent

$425$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolton	Sandyfield
Under 5	3.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	8.8%
18 to 24	21.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	6.6%	21.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	20.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.2%
75 and over	7.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolton	Sandyfield
White (non-Hispanic)	20.0%	14.9%
Black or African American	43.7%	67.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolton	Sandyfield
No high school diploma	18.6%	23.7%
High school graduate	37.6%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolton	Sandyfield
Drove alone	55.1%	89.0%
Carpooled	39.8%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolton	Sandyfield
1-unit, detached	80.3%	36.6%
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	19.7%	63.4%

Poverty & households

	Bolton	Sandyfield
Poverty rate	23.7%	35.3%
Average household size	2.88	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1973	1999