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Durham, NC Urban Area

411,362 Population
183.4 square miles 2,243.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,122 ±$1,972 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$81,082 ±$3,708 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.2% ±1.4% (43,922  ±5,563) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.3 minutes ±0.6 (3,925,945  ±181,528) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

170,915 ±3,056 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (389,843  ±5,584) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.8% ±1% (4,482  ±1,220) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

186,415 ±2,295 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$438,500 ±$12,283 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

20.5% ±2.2% (83,512  ±9,061.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.9% ±3.4% (251,484  ±9,947.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
60.8% ±2.8% (164,469  ±8,020.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

15.4% ±1.2% (63,420  ±5,006) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.1% ±0.7% (13,566  ±2,373) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
13,566 Total veterans ±2,373 11,689 Male ±2,052 1,877 Female ±877

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