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Census Tract 534.21, Wake, NC

5,508 Population
2.7 square miles 2,053.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cary: 40.2 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Wake County: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$57,624 ±$6,634 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cary: $67,409 ±$2,063
  • a little higher than the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$114,545 ±$16,879 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cary: $134,905 ±$3,712
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $105,768 ±$1,626
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

4% ±3.4% (219  ±190) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cary: 5.7% † 10,116 (±0.9% / ±1,570)
  • about half the rate in Wake County: 8.1% 94,044 (±0.4% / ±4,533)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

27.9 minutes ±10.5 (54,910  ±11,900) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cary: 22.5 1,342,195 (±0.7 / ±66,029)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 25.1 11,013,330 (±0.2 / ±162,068)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,128 ±216 Number of households
  • Cary: 69,710 ±1,207
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.4 (5,505  ±518) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cary: 2.6 178,935 (±0 / ±188)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,157,174 (±0 / ±197)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

11.6% ±8.3% (154  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Cary: 4.2% † 1,883 (±0.7% / ±334)
  • more than double the rate in Wake County: 5% 15,415 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,182 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Cary: 73,795 ±1,157
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$525,700 ±$52,268 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cary: $580,200 ±$11,119
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $461,300 ±$3,848
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

12.1% ±7.1% (659  ±389.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cary: 15.2% 26,926 (±1.5% / ±2,684.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wake County: 15% 174,352 (±0.5% / ±6,276.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

98.6% ±8.8% (3,844  ±483.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cary: 96.4% 119,652 (±1.8% / ±2,805)
  • 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)
70.9% ±8.4% (2,765  ±408.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cary: 70.5% 87,561 (±1.6% / ±2,305.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 57.2% 458,774 (±0.7% / ±5,236.8)
  • about 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

19.7% ±4% (1,085  ±243) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cary: 23.9% 42,770 (±1.1% / ±1,905)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wake County: 15.3% 179,775
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4% ±2.9% (175  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cary: 4.6% 6,338 (±0.4% / ±550)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wake County: 5.6% 51,127 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
175 Total veterans ±125 175 Male ±125 N/A Female ±19

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