Sims vs Stantonsburg

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

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

Stantonsburg has the higher population (949 vs 366 in Sims). Sims has the higher median household income ($73,667 vs $58,929 in Stantonsburg). Sims has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $120,200 in Stantonsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Sims	Stantonsburg
Population	366	949
Median age	30.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,667	$58,929
Median home value	$214,700	$120,200
Median gross rent	$958	$983
Housing units	168	419
Homeownership rate	82.5%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sims	Stantonsburg
Population	599 → 366 (-38.9%)	633 → 949 (+49.9%)
Median household income	$49,079 → $73,667 (+50.1%)	$46,458 → $58,929 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$143,600 → $214,700 (+49.5%)	$81,400 → $120,200 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $958 (+25.2%)	$676 → $983 (+45.4%)

Sims

Population

599366

Median household income

$49,079$73,667

Median home value

$143,600$214,700

Median gross rent

$765$958

Stantonsburg

Population

633949

Median household income

$46,458$58,929

Median home value

$81,400$120,200

Median gross rent

$676$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sims	Stantonsburg
Under 5	7.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	26.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	16.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	22.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	20.9%
55 to 64	3.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.0%
75 and over	7.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sims	Stantonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	56.8%	35.2%
Black or African American	12.3%	37.2%
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	2.7%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sims	Stantonsburg
No high school diploma	17.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	24.8%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sims	Stantonsburg
Drove alone	83.3%	91.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.7%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sims	Stantonsburg
1-unit, detached	97.6%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Sims	Stantonsburg
Poverty rate	9.3%	24.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	2003	1979