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Wake County (Southeast)--Garner (South) & Fuquay-Varina Towns PUMA, NC

146,340 Population
146.7 square miles 997.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±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

$46,115 ±$3,020 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$99,367 ±$9,636 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

4.9% ±1.4% (7,155  ±2,057) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

30.4 minutes ±1.8 (1,627,375  ±68,531) 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 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

57,401 ±3,345 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (145,581  ±8,761) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.4% ±1.6% (1,162  ±536) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

59,576 ±3,488 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$425,900 ±$14,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.4% ±3.3% (16,533  ±4,843.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.4% ±7.7% (98,615  ±5,629.9) 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)
49.6% ±1.9% (51,801  ±3,651.7) 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 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

13% ±3.2% (16,351  ±4,094.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,300,181 (±0.1% / ±10,955.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

9.7% ±2.2% (14,205  ±3,393) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.9% ±1.9% (9,966  ±2,177) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,966 Total veterans ±2,177 8,386 Male ±2,044 1,580 Female ±701

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