Sandyfield vs Whiteville

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

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

Whiteville has the higher population (4,721 vs 683 in Sandyfield). Whiteville has the higher median household income ($38,004 vs $32,750 in Sandyfield). Whiteville has the higher median home value ($173,100 vs $83,500 in Sandyfield).

Population, income & housing

	Sandyfield	Whiteville
Population	683	4,721
Median age	38.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$32,750	$38,004
Median home value	$83,500	$173,100
Median gross rent	$864	$718
Housing units	265	2,111
Homeownership rate	79.9%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandyfield	Whiteville
Population	429 → 683 (+59.2%)	5,386 → 4,721 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$43,542 → $32,750 (-24.8%)	$30,729 → $38,004 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$77,200 → $83,500 (+8.2%)	$105,300 → $173,100 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $864 (+103.3%)	$623 → $718 (+15.2%)

Sandyfield

Population

429683

Median household income

$43,542$32,750

Median home value

$77,200$83,500

Median gross rent

$425$864

Whiteville

Population

5,3864,721

Median household income

$30,729$38,004

Median home value

$105,300$173,100

Median gross rent

$623$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandyfield	Whiteville
Under 5	2.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	8.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	21.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	20.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.6%
75 and over	5.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandyfield	Whiteville
White (non-Hispanic)	14.9%	41.2%
Black or African American	67.6%	49.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandyfield	Whiteville
No high school diploma	23.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	50.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandyfield	Whiteville
Drove alone	89.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.0%	1.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandyfield	Whiteville
1-unit, detached	36.6%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	63.4%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Sandyfield	Whiteville
Poverty rate	35.3%	16.2%
Average household size	3.12	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1999	1972