Broadway vs Sanford

A side-by-side comparison of Broadway and Sanford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sanford has the higher population (30,833 vs 1,429 in Broadway). Broadway has the higher median household income ($62,679 vs $54,294 in Sanford). Broadway has the higher median home value ($236,100 vs $222,000 in Sanford).

Population, income & housing

	Broadway	Sanford
Population	1,429	30,833
Median age	48.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,679	$54,294
Median home value	$236,100	$222,000
Median gross rent	$924	$965
Housing units	677	12,364
Homeownership rate	78.8%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadway	Sanford
Population	1,376 → 1,429 (+3.9%)	29,456 → 30,833 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$67,632 → $62,679 (-7.3%)	$46,915 → $54,294 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $236,100 (+63.1%)	$142,200 → $222,000 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $924 (+26.9%)	$753 → $965 (+28.2%)

Broadway

Population

1,3761,429

Median household income

$67,632$62,679

Median home value

$144,800$236,100

Median gross rent

$728$924

Sanford

Population

29,45630,833

Median household income

$46,915$54,294

Median home value

$142,200$222,000

Median gross rent

$753$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broadway	Sanford
Under 5	5.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	19.9%	8.6%
75 and over	8.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadway	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	41.2%
Black or African American	5.0%	22.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadway	Sanford
No high school diploma	8.2%	20.4%
High school graduate	30.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadway	Sanford
Drove alone	88.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	13.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadway	Sanford
1-unit, detached	75.9%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Broadway	Sanford
Poverty rate	19.8%	20.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1979	1986