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Cary township, Wake County, NC

80,758 Population
31.8 square miles 2,540.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 37.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$60,324 ±$2,400 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $52,949 ±$594
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$108,522 ±$4,082 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $101,763 ±$1,289
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

6.5% ±1.4% (5,232  ±1,146) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wake County: 7.9% 89,566 (±0.4% / ±4,602)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.1 minutes ±0.6 (726,655  ±50,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wake County: 25.3 11,258,055 (±0.3 / ±170,564)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

33,175 ±1,063 Number of households
  • Wake County: 445,636 ±1,867
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (80,417  ±2,419) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,129,867 (±0 / ±210)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.4% ±1.1% (834  ±218) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wake County: 4.9% 14,492 (±0.4% / ±1,124)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

35,772 ±888 Number of housing units
  • Wake County: 481,999 ±219
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$434,600 ±$9,520 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Wake County: $422,800 ±$4,330
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.4% ±2.3% (11,515  ±1,845.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wake County: 15.6% 177,512 (±0.6% / ±6,637.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

95.4% ±1.4% (55,415  ±1,878.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wake County: 94% 734,039 (±1% / ±7,444.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
62.7% ±1.6% (36,448  ±1,441.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 56.3% 439,696 (±0.7% / ±5,290.6)
  • nearly double 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

17.7% ±1.4% (14,277  ±1,237) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 14.5% 167,349
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6% ±0.8% (3,848  ±544) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Wake County: 5.7% 50,228 (±0.2% / ±1,834)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
3,848 Total veterans ±544 3,386 Male ±469 462 Female ±177

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