The city of Sanford is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.
The percentage of adults in Sanford who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.85% of the adults in Sanford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sanford in 2022 was $26,884, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,536 for a family of four. However, Sanford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sanford is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sanford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sanford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sanford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.10% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sanford include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Sanford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
