Sandyfield vs Tabor City

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

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

Tabor City has the higher population (3,695 vs 683 in Sandyfield). Tabor City has the higher median household income ($37,014 vs $32,750 in Sandyfield). Tabor City has the higher median home value ($109,600 vs $83,500 in Sandyfield).

Population, income & housing

	Sandyfield	Tabor City
Population	683	3,695
Median age	38.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$32,750	$37,014
Median home value	$83,500	$109,600
Median gross rent	$864	$722
Housing units	265	1,214
Homeownership rate	79.9%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandyfield	Tabor City
Population	429 → 683 (+59.2%)	4,061 → 3,695 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$43,542 → $32,750 (-24.8%)	$28,276 → $37,014 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $83,500 (+8.2%)	$96,800 → $109,600 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $864 (+103.3%)	$637 → $722 (+13.3%)

Sandyfield

Population

429683

Median household income

$43,542$32,750

Median home value

$77,200$83,500

Median gross rent

$425$864

Tabor City

Population

4,0613,695

Median household income

$28,276$37,014

Median home value

$96,800$109,600

Median gross rent

$637$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandyfield	Tabor City
Under 5	2.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	8.8%	9.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	19.0%
35 to 44	21.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	20.5%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	13.5%
75 and over	5.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandyfield	Tabor City
White (non-Hispanic)	14.9%	49.3%
Black or African American	67.6%	37.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandyfield	Tabor City
No high school diploma	23.7%	24.7%
High school graduate	50.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandyfield	Tabor City
Drove alone	89.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	1.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	10.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandyfield	Tabor City
1-unit, detached	36.6%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	63.4%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Sandyfield	Tabor City
Poverty rate	35.3%	40.5%
Average household size	3.12	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1999	1966