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Chapel Hill township, Orange County, NC

95,474 Population
91 square miles 1,048.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Orange County: 36.1 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,835 ±$2,036 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Orange County: $52,900 ±$1,406
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,971 ±$3,006 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Orange County: $90,089 ±$2,394
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.3% ±1.4% (12,927  ±1,198) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Orange County: 12.5% 17,228 (±1% / ±1,319)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.1 minutes ±0.6 (696,070  ±35,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Orange County: 23.6 1,255,670 (±0.7 / ±52,794)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

35,451 ±738 Number of households
  • Orange County: 57,342 ±691
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (84,064  ±1,173) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Orange County: 2.4 137,806 (±0 / ±217)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.7% ±0.5% (488  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Orange County: 2.7% † 1,093 (±0.6% / ±240)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

38,860 ±599 Number of housing units
  • Orange County: 62,858 ±144
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$587,700 ±$17,860 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Orange County: $459,500 ±$9,735
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.8% ±1.4% (20,697  ±1,352.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Orange County: 17.4% 25,751 (±1.1% / ±1,690.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.5% ±2.1% (52,587  ±1,516.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Orange County: 93.4% 88,157 (±2.2% / ±2,068.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
73.1% ±1.8% (40,261  ±1,253.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Orange County: 61.8% 58,319 (±1.6% / ±1,534.1)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

14.6% ±1% (13,977  ±946) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Orange County: 12.9% 19,317
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±0.5% (2,810  ±380) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Orange County: 4.7% 5,717 (±0.4% / ±484)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,810 Total veterans ±380 2,594 Male ±360 216 Female ±87

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