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Wake County (Southwest)--Apex & Holly Springs Towns PUMA, NC

173,915 Population
128.3 square miles 1,355.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$65,450 ±$3,757 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$148,736 ±$14,120 Median household income
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

3.2% ±1.3% (5,605  ±2,187) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.9 minutes ±1.6 (1,380,000  ±58,834) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

61,445 ±2,938 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.2 (173,602  ±6,571) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.3% ±2% (2,411  ±914) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

63,754 ±3,328 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$676,000 ±$25,616 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.8% ±3% (21,891  ±5,151.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

97.2% ±1.6% (111,344  ±5,841.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
73.6% ±2.2% (84,296  ±4,913.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

22.6% ±2.6% (35,403  ±4,186.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,362,533 (±0.1% / ±10,995.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

24.9% ±2.4% (43,331  ±4,485) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±1.3% (7,282  ±1,700) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,282 Total veterans ±1,700 6,464 Male ±1,595 818 Female ±554

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