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Census Tract 117, Orange, NC

5,804 Population
1 square miles 6,090.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chapel Hill: 25.8 ±0.6
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Orange County: 36.1 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,855 ±$7,686 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chapel Hill: $51,406 ±$2,606
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Orange County: $52,900 ±$1,406
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$47,955 ±$17,223 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chapel Hill: $85,989 ±$5,527
  • about half the amount in Orange County: $90,089 ±$2,394
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

45.6% ±10.8% (1,967  ±541) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Chapel Hill: 18.6% 9,411 (±1.8% / ±916)
  • more than double the rate in Orange County: 12.5% 17,228 (±1% / ±1,319)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

17.9 minutes ±6.4 (28,175  ±6,180) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chapel Hill: 19.5 407,355 (±0.4 / ±23,222)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Orange County: 23.6 1,255,670 (±0.7 / ±52,794)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,742 ±259 Number of households
  • Chapel Hill: 21,189 ±641
  • Orange County: 57,342 ±691
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.5 (4,317  ±601) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chapel Hill: 2.4 50,403 (±0.1 / ±223)
  • a little higher than the figure in Orange County: 2.4 137,806 (±0 / ±217)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

0.1% ±0.3% (3  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Chapel Hill: 0.9% † 201 (±0.3% / ±72)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Orange County: 2.7% † 1,093 (±0.6% / ±240)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,002 ±255 Number of housing units
  • Chapel Hill: 23,581 ±521
  • Orange County: 62,858 ±144
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$874,000 ±$168,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Chapel Hill: $613,700 ±$21,263
  • nearly double the amount in Orange County: $459,500 ±$9,735
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

48% ±7.6% (2,783  ±524.6) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Chapel Hill: 26.3% 16,110 (±2% / ±1,199.9)
  • more than double the rate in Orange County: 17.4% 25,751 (±1.1% / ±1,690.4)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

96.2% ±27.2% (1,699  ±329.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chapel Hill: 96.2% 30,576 (±3.2% / ±1,201.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Orange County: 93.4% 88,157 (±2.2% / ±2,068.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
76.5% ±22.2% (1,352  ±277.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chapel Hill: 76.6% 24,352 (±2.9% / ±1,043.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Orange County: 61.8% 58,319 (±1.6% / ±1,534.1)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

8.1% ±3% (469  ±182) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Chapel Hill: 15.3% 9,409 (±1.3% / ±796)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Orange County: 12.9% 19,317
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

2.2% ±1.3% (118  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chapel Hill: 2.8% † 1,448 (±0.5% / ±264)
  • about half the rate in Orange County: 4.7% 5,717 (±0.4% / ±484)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
118 Total veterans ±73 118 Male ±73 N/A Female ±19

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