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Holly Springs township, Wake County, NC

55,709 Population
46.8 square miles 1,189.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wake County: 37.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$51,824 ±$2,382 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wake County: $52,949 ±$594
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$128,048 ±$6,615 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $101,763 ±$1,289
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

4.4% ±1.3% (2,451  ±701) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wake County: 7.9% 89,566 (±0.4% / ±4,602)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

29 minutes ±3 (560,980  ±38,328) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 25.3 11,258,055 (±0.3 / ±170,564)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

18,900 ±732 Number of households
  • Wake County: 445,636 ±1,867
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.9 ±0.1 (55,640  ±1,590) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,129,867 (±0 / ±210)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.8% ±1.5% (651  ±204) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Wake County: 4.9% 14,492 (±0.4% / ±1,124)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

19,972 ±807 Number of housing units
  • Wake County: 481,999 ±219
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$474,200 ±$9,986 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $422,800 ±$4,330
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.5% ±2.2% (6,874  ±1,203.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wake County: 15.6% 177,512 (±0.6% / ±6,637.1)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

95.6% ±2.8% (34,007  ±1,470.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wake County: 94% 734,039 (±1% / ±7,444.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
66.1% ±2.8% (23,512  ±1,239.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 56.3% 439,696 (±0.7% / ±5,290.6)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

9.9% ±1.5% (5,499  ±874) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wake County: 14.5% 167,349
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.9% ±1.2% (2,241  ±445) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Wake County: 5.7% 50,228 (±0.2% / ±1,834)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,241 Total veterans ±445 1,794 Male ±343 447 Female ±204

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