Saratoga vs Sims

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

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

Sims has the higher population (366 vs 306 in Saratoga). Sims has the higher median household income ($73,667 vs $30,662 in Saratoga). Sims has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $95,000 in Saratoga).

Population, income & housing

	Saratoga	Sims
Population	306	366
Median age	44.9 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,662	$73,667
Median home value	$95,000	$214,700
Median gross rent	$752	$958
Housing units	201	168
Homeownership rate	66.7%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saratoga	Sims
Population	413 → 306 (-25.9%)	599 → 366 (-38.9%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $30,662 (-43.0%)	$49,079 → $73,667 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $95,000 (-15.7%)	$143,600 → $214,700 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $752 (-29.3%)	$765 → $958 (+25.2%)

Saratoga

Population

413306

Median household income

$53,750$30,662

Median home value

$112,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$1,063$752

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)

	Saratoga	Sims
Under 5	3.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	26.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	22.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	22.2%	3.6%
65 to 74	3.9%	6.0%
75 and over	14.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saratoga	Sims
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	56.8%
Black or African American	63.4%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saratoga	Sims
No high school diploma	5.5%	17.6%
High school graduate	43.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saratoga	Sims
Drove alone	75.6%	83.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	6.7%
Other means	4.7%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saratoga	Sims
1-unit, detached	87.1%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Saratoga	Sims
Poverty rate	29.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1982	2003