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Orange County, NC

152,877 Population
397.5 square miles 384.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,314 ±$3,256 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,212 ±$6,067 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.7% ±2% (17,845  ±2,829) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23 minutes ±0.7 (1,381,110  ±93,753) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 116,963,336 (±0.2 / ±1,127,069)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

60,336 ±1,472 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (141,189  ±262) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.8% ±1.2% (1,188  ±516) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

64,475 ±118 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$520,400 ±$35,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.2% ±2.6% (24,571  ±3,995.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.9% ±4.6% (90,247  ±4,439.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
62% ±3.5% (58,993  ±3,368.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.7% (20,891  ±2,222) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4% ±0.8% (5,021  ±1,025) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,021 Total veterans ±1,025 4,058 Male ±794 963 Female ±587

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