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Meredith township, Wake County, NC

18,628 Population
9.5 square miles 1,953.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wake County: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$67,680 ±$6,323 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wake County: $52,949 ±$594
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$81,894 ±$4,885 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wake County: $101,763 ±$1,289
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

11% ±3% (2,015  ±573) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wake County: 7.9% 89,566 (±0.4% / ±4,602)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.8 minutes ±3.7 (186,830  ±22,709) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wake County: 25.3 11,258,055 (±0.3 / ±170,564)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

10,376 ±656 Number of households
  • Wake County: 445,636 ±1,867
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.8 ±0.1 (18,325  ±1,367) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,129,867 (±0 / ±210)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

4.7% ±2.6% (284  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than 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

11,804 ±663 Number of housing units
  • Wake County: 481,999 ±219
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$526,200 ±$50,255 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $422,800 ±$4,330
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

23.8% ±3.7% (4,398  ±750.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wake County: 15.6% 177,512 (±0.6% / ±6,637.1)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

98% ±12% (13,754  ±1,146.6) 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% ±2.5% (9,331  ±906.7) 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

7.6% ±1.9% (1,422  ±365) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Wake County: 14.5% 167,349
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.1% ±1.5% (823  ±242) 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)
823 Total veterans ±242 641 Male ±205 182 Female ±109

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