Sanford is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 32,064 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Sanford is the 34th largest community in North Carolina.Sanford is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sanford is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sanford who work in sales jobs (11.07%), office and administrative support (8.70%), and management occupations (8.42%). Also of interest is that Sanford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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 population of Sanford overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Sanford, 22.36% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Sanford in 2022 was $28,775, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,100 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 30.90% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sanford include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Sanford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
