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Census Tract 537.27, Wake, NC

5,999 Population
2.2 square miles 2,758.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Raleigh: 34.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wake County: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$61,823 ±$7,126 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Raleigh: $52,897 ±$1,028
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$118,086 ±$29,365 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Raleigh: $85,395 ±$2,159
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $105,768 ±$1,626
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

5.9% ±2.7% (352  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Raleigh: 11.9% 54,989 (±0.8% / ±3,511)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wake County: 8.1% 94,044 (±0.4% / ±4,533)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.4 minutes ±2 (69,020  ±16,585) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Raleigh: 23 4,505,445 (±0.3 / ±117,504)
  • a little less than the figure in Wake County: 25.1 11,013,330 (±0.2 / ±162,068)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,565 ±257 Number of households
  • Raleigh: 203,443 ±1,758
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (5,888  ±833) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Raleigh: 2.3 462,291 (±0 / ±416)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,157,174 (±0 / ±197)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.6% ±4.7% (104  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh: 4.9% † 6,621 (±0.6% / ±769)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 5% 15,415 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,647 ±251 Number of housing units
  • Raleigh: 224,853 ±1,424
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$438,900 ±$72,317 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Raleigh: $415,800 ±$7,720
  • a little less than the amount in Wake County: $461,300 ±$3,848
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

17.4% ±9.9% (1,028  ±603.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Raleigh: 18.7% 88,864 (±0.9% / ±4,118.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 15% 174,352 (±0.5% / ±6,276.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

94.9% ±7.6% (4,150  ±610) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Raleigh: 92.6% 303,328 (±1.5% / ±5,112)
  • about the same as the rate in Wake County: 94% 754,819 (±0.9% / ±7,356.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
61.5% ±7.1% (2,690  ±455) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh: 54% 176,843 (±1% / ±3,464.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 57.2% 458,774 (±0.7% / ±5,236.8)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

13.9% ±5.6% (834  ±353) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Raleigh: 13.8% 66,535 (±0.8% / ±3,750)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wake County: 15.3% 179,775
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

1.8% ±1.4% (89  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Raleigh: 4.7% 18,009 (±0.4% / ±1,374)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wake County: 5.6% 51,127 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
89 Total veterans ±70 59 Male ±60 30 Female ±35

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