Average household size:
| This town: |  3.0 people | | North Carolina: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 78.3% | | Whole state: | 68.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 3.5% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 20.1% | | Whole state: | 12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 2.0% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sandyfield, NC
Sandyfield compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of rooms per house above state average.
- House age below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Columbus County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- No fuel used (2%)
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Religion statistics for Sandyfield
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Original Free Will Baptists | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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| Adherents | 65.8% | 11.8% | 6.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
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| Congregations | 50.0% | 14.0% | 8.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% |
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| Name | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Catholic Church | Charismatic Churches Independent | Assemblies of God | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 4.6% |
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| Congregations | 2.9% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 11.0% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $1,594 | $19,128 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $5,403 | $32,418 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
3 | $6,997 | $27,988 | 0 | $0 |
Sandyfield government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Parks & Recreation: $7,000
- Current Operations - Housing & Community Development: $396,000
Central Staff Services: $61,000
Parks & Recreation: $12,000
Regular Highways: $10,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $378,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $0
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $2,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $38,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $10,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $73,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $16,000
Highways: $11,000
General Support: $4,000
- Tax - Property: $20,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $11,000
4.55% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,737 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.55% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.37% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,743 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.37% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Sandyfield:
- WMYT (1180 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CAROLINA BEACH, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- WAAV (980 AM; 5 kW; LELAND, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WENC (1220 AM; 5 kW; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: DHA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WBLA (1440 AM; 5 kW; ELIZABETHTOWN, NC; Owner: SOUND BUSINESS OF ELIZABETHTOWN, INC)
- WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WMFD (630 AM; 1 kW; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: OCEAN BROADCASTING II, LLC)
- WTAB (1370 AM; 5 kW; TABOR CITY, NC; Owner: WTAB, INC)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WMIR (1200 AM; 7 kW; ATLANTIC BEACH, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC BEACH RADIO, INC.)
- WQJM (1450 AM; 10 kW; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Sandyfield:
- WHQR (91.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- WMNX (97.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WKXB (99.9 FM; BURGAW, NC; Owner: SEA-COMM, INC.)
- WGNI (102.7 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WKVC (88.9 FM; NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WZFX (99.1 FM; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRQR (104.5 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: OCEAN BROADCASTING II, L.L.C.)
- WKXS-FM (94.1 FM; LELAND, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WDVV (89.7 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- WWIL-FM (90.5 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- WWQQ-FM (101.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WBNE (93.7 FM; WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC; Owner: SEA-COMM, INC.)
- WSFM (107.5 FM; SOUTHPORT, NC; Owner: SEA-COMM, INC.)
- WLTT (106.3 FM; SHALLOTTE, NC; Owner: GARY E. BURNS)
- WGQR (105.7 FM; ELIZABETHTOWN, NC; Owner: SOUND BUSINESS OF ELIZABETHTOWN, INC)
TV broadcast stations around Sandyfield:
- WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WUNJ-TV (Channel 39; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WSFX-TV (Channel 26; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WFXB (Channel 43; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: GE MEDIA, INC.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W47CK (Channel 47; SHALLOTTE, NC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING INC.)
- WILM-LP (Channel 10; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: WILM, INC.)
- W51CW (Channel 51; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
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