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Wake County (Northeast)--Raleigh City (Northeast), Wake Forest & Rolesville Towns PUMA, NC

148,143 Population
87.7 square miles 1,690 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,105 ±$3,096 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$108,000 ±$8,759 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

4.1% ±1.3% (5,953  ±1,872) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.2 minutes ±1 (1,578,905  ±96,222) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

55,321 ±3,532 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0.2 (146,401  ±9,287) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.2% ±1.7% (1,214  ±639) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

58,135 ±3,715 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$459,200 ±$14,185 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.1% ±3.6% (20,619  ±5,391.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.4% ±8.6% (95,895  ±5,907.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
52.7% ±2.2% (52,940  ±4,112) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

15.2% ±3.6% (20,071  ±4,726) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,300,181 (±0.1% / ±10,955.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

13.8% ±2.8% (20,435  ±4,391) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.9% ±1.7% (8,948  ±2,002) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,948 Total veterans ±2,002 6,853 Male ±1,406 2,095 Female ±990

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