Black Creek vs Sims

A side-by-side comparison of Black Creek and Sims: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Black Creek has the higher population (736 vs 366 in Sims). Sims has the higher median household income ($73,667 vs $50,625 in Black Creek). Sims has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $112,100 in Black Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Black Creek	Sims
Population	736	366
Median age	39.5 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$73,667
Median home value	$112,100	$214,700
Median gross rent	$950	$958
Housing units	352	168
Homeownership rate	65.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Creek	Sims
Population	890 → 736 (-17.3%)	599 → 366 (-38.9%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $50,625 (+8.5%)	$49,079 → $73,667 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $112,100 (+29.6%)	$143,600 → $214,700 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $950 (+37.3%)	$765 → $958 (+25.2%)

Black Creek

Population

890736

Median household income

$46,667$50,625

Median home value

$86,500$112,100

Median gross rent

$692$950

Sims

Population

599366

Median household income

$49,079$73,667

Median home value

$143,600$214,700

Median gross rent

$765$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Creek	Sims
Under 5	5.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	26.2%
18 to 24	13.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	22.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	3.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.0%
75 and over	4.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Creek	Sims
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	56.8%
Black or African American	17.9%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Creek	Sims
No high school diploma	4.6%	17.6%
High school graduate	43.7%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Creek	Sims
Drove alone	68.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	27.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Creek	Sims
1-unit, detached	69.0%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Black Creek	Sims
Poverty rate	16.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1989	2003