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Wake Forest township, Wake County, NC

100,941 Population
72.9 square miles 1,384.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wake County: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$49,699 ±$1,779 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wake County: $52,949 ±$594
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$114,954 ±$6,538 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $101,763 ±$1,289
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

5.8% ±1.4% (5,835  ±1,391) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wake County: 7.9% 89,566 (±0.4% / ±4,602)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

30.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,141,420  ±73,178) 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

36,698 ±1,357 Number of households
  • Wake County: 445,636 ±1,867
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.7 ±0.1 (100,050  ±2,672) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,129,867 (±0 / ±210)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.8% ±1.4% (1,219  ±348) 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

38,556 ±1,359 Number of housing units
  • Wake County: 481,999 ±219
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$412,900 ±$11,282 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wake County: $422,800 ±$4,330
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13.2% ±2.3% (13,167  ±2,302.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wake County: 15.6% 177,512 (±0.6% / ±6,637.1)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

95% ±1.8% (64,449  ±2,342.8) 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)
55.6% ±1.8% (37,739  ±1,702.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wake County: 56.3% 439,696 (±0.7% / ±5,290.6)
  • about 1.5 times 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

8.9% ±1.2% (9,028  ±1,249) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wake County: 14.5% 167,349
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.6% ±1% (5,640  ±771) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wake County: 5.7% 50,228 (±0.2% / ±1,834)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
5,640 Total veterans ±771 4,756 Male ±709 884 Female ±271

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