Fair Bluff vs Sandyfield

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

Fair Bluff 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 513 in Fair Bluff). Sandyfield has the higher median household income ($32,750 vs $29,063 in Fair Bluff). Sandyfield has the higher median home value ($83,500 vs $48,900 in Fair Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Bluff	Sandyfield
Population	513	683
Median age	51.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$29,063	$32,750
Median home value	$48,900	$83,500
Median gross rent	$807	$864
Housing units	418	265
Homeownership rate	74.9%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Bluff	Sandyfield
Population	545 → 513 (-5.9%)	429 → 683 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$20,078 → $29,063 (+44.8%)	$43,542 → $32,750 (-24.8%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $48,900 (-19.0%)	$77,200 → $83,500 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$265 → $807 (+204.5%)	$425 → $864 (+103.3%)

Fair Bluff

Population

545513

Median household income

$20,078$29,063

Median home value

$60,400$48,900

Median gross rent

$265$807

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)

	Fair Bluff	Sandyfield
Under 5	7.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	6.0%	21.4%
45 to 54	17.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	20.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.2%
75 and over	10.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Bluff	Sandyfield
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	14.9%
Black or African American	61.0%	67.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.2%
Asian	8.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Bluff	Sandyfield
No high school diploma	17.2%	23.7%
High school graduate	41.7%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Bluff	Sandyfield
Drove alone	90.6%	89.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Bluff	Sandyfield
1-unit, detached	53.1%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	63.4%

Poverty & households

	Fair Bluff	Sandyfield
Poverty rate	31.0%	35.3%
Average household size	2.19	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1983	1999