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New Light township, Wake County, NC

11,020 Population
41.8 square miles 263.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$101,197 ±$19,930 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$219,910 ±$41,911 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Wake County: $105,768 ±$1,626
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.7% ±1% (186  ±108) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wake County: 8.1% 94,044 (±0.4% / ±4,533)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.2 minutes ±9.9 (99,375  ±13,161) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 25.1 11,013,330 (±0.2 / ±162,068)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,969 ±508 Number of households
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.5 (11,020  ±1,132) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,157,174 (±0 / ±197)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.1% ±6.9% (226  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Wake County: 5% 15,415 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,264 ±491 Number of housing units
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$675,600 ±$31,509 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wake County: $461,300 ±$3,848
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.4% ±3.6% (1,020  ±400.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wake County: 15% 174,352 (±0.5% / ±6,276.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.1% ±3.6% (7,498  ±816.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wake County: 94% 754,819 (±0.9% / ±7,356.5)
  • about 10 percent 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)
64.4% ±6.7% (4,923  ±717.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 57.2% 458,774 (±0.7% / ±5,236.8)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • nearly 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

8.7% ±2.8% (960  ±321) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wake County: 15.3% 179,775
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.8% ±2.4% (788  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wake County: 5.6% 51,127 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
788 Total veterans ±205 624 Male ±227 164 Female ±75

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