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Leesville township, Wake County, NC

42,585 Population
21.3 square miles 1,999.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$64,991 ±$2,338 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $52,949 ±$594
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$117,615 ±$7,418 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $101,763 ±$1,289
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

4.1% ±1% (1,760  ±448) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Wake County: 7.9% 89,566 (±0.4% / ±4,602)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.2 minutes ±2.6 (395,410  ±30,487) 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

18,007 ±826 Number of households
  • Wake County: 445,636 ±1,867
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (42,583  ±1,718) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,129,867 (±0 / ±210)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.2% ±1.5% (450  ±160) 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 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

19,714 ±699 Number of housing units
  • Wake County: 481,999 ±219
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$466,000 ±$10,249 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $422,800 ±$4,330
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11.1% ±2% (4,672  ±868.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wake County: 15.6% 177,512 (±0.6% / ±6,637.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

97.6% ±1.2% (29,832  ±1,317.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wake County: 94% 734,039 (±1% / ±7,444.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
66.5% ±1.5% (20,334  ±971.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 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

9.1% ±1.5% (3,891  ±646) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wake County: 14.5% 167,349
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.9% ±0.9% (1,609  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wake County: 5.7% 50,228 (±0.2% / ±1,834)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,609 Total veterans ±290 1,499 Male ±280 110 Female ±77

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