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Raleigh, NC

499,637 Population
150.9 square miles 3,310.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.2
  • 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

$55,401 ±$2,592 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $54,982 ±$1,259
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$85,060 ±$7,119 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $102,144 ±$1,979
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.3% ±2% (63,745  ±9,800) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 8.9% 136,990 (±0.8% / ±12,960)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23 minutes ±0.5 (5,079,410  ±230,298) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 27.4 17,426,060 (±0.6 / ±529,598)
  • 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

219,004 ±4,451 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 623,704 ±4,005
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (480,606  ±723) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,536,489 (±0 / ±255)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±1.3% (7,928  ±1,856) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 5.5% † 21,921 (±0.7% / ±2,788)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

234,750 ±4,977 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 659,228 ±176
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$450,300 ±$13,422 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $465,800 ±$7,803
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.2% ±2.1% (94,492  ±10,495.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 207,427 (±1% / ±15,071.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.1% ±3% (313,252  ±11,163.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 93.7% 1,004,133 (±1.7% / ±18,265.9)
  • about the same as 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)
55.7% ±2.1% (187,483  ±7,584.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 52.5% 562,714 (±1.2% / ±12,357.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 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

14.9% ±1.6% (74,513  ±7,986) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 15.4% 241,106
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4% ±0.6% (16,138  ±2,303) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 5.7% 68,294 (±0.4% / ±5,065)
  • 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)
16,138 Total veterans ±2,303 14,335 Male ±2,137 1,803 Female ±895

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