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Durham township, Durham County, NC

121,371 Population
41 square miles 2,963.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Durham County: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,008 ±$1,880 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Durham County: $46,931 ±$1,078
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$61,641 ±$3,066 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Durham County: $79,501 ±$2,416
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.6% ±1.7% (20,773  ±1,987) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Durham County: 12% 38,013 (±0.7% / ±2,219)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

22.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,083,935  ±64,480) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Durham County: 22.9 3,123,660 (±0.6 / ±102,025)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

50,544 ±1,209 Number of households
  • Durham County: 138,502 ±984
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0 (110,769  ±3,371) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Durham County: 2.3 315,592 (±0 / ±274)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.6% ±0.7% (911  ±238) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Durham County: 3.3% † 2,947 (±0.5% / ±467)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

55,585 ±1,184 Number of housing units
  • Durham County: 149,150 ±133
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$335,200 ±$9,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Durham County: $351,700 ±$5,579
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

20.6% ±1.5% (24,801  ±1,954.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Durham County: 17.5% 56,954 (±1% / ±3,370.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

87.2% ±1.6% (68,532  ±2,285.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Durham County: 90.7% 207,190 (±1.7% / ±3,944.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
48.4% ±1.6% (38,049  ±1,645.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Durham County: 53.5% 122,294 (±1.2% / ±2,798.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

17.2% ±1.5% (20,925  ±1,875) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Durham County: 15.2% 50,078
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.1% ±0.7% (4,029  ±656) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Durham County: 5.3% 13,935 (±0.4% / ±1,153)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
4,029 Total veterans ±656 3,587 Male ±575 442 Female ±198

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