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Census Tract 538.08, Wake, NC

5,452 Population
7.8 square miles 699.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Raleigh: 34.7 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$86,652 ±$11,448 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Raleigh: $52,897 ±$1,028
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$180,897 ±$23,215 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Raleigh: $85,395 ±$2,159
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wake County: $105,768 ±$1,626
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

1% ±1.1% (52  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Raleigh: 11.9% 54,989 (±0.8% / ±3,511)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wake County: 8.1% 94,044 (±0.4% / ±4,533)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

20.6 minutes ±10.9 (30,785  ±6,677) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Raleigh: 23 4,505,445 (±0.3 / ±117,504)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wake County: 25.1 11,013,330 (±0.2 / ±162,068)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,036 ±202 Number of households
  • Raleigh: 203,443 ±1,758
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.7 ±0.2 (5,452  ±707) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Raleigh: 2.3 462,291 (±0 / ±416)
  • 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

3.6% ±4% (35  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Raleigh: 4.9% † 6,621 (±0.6% / ±769)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wake County: 5% 15,415 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,087 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Raleigh: 224,853 ±1,424
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$757,800 ±$61,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Raleigh: $415,800 ±$7,720
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wake County: $461,300 ±$3,848
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

5.2% ±3.6% (284  ±198.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Raleigh: 18.7% 88,864 (±0.9% / ±4,118.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wake County: 15% 174,352 (±0.5% / ±6,276.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

100% ±3.6% (4,004  ±483.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh: 92.6% 303,328 (±1.5% / ±5,112)
  • 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)
80.7% ±4.4% (3,232  ±412.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Raleigh: 54% 176,843 (±1% / ±3,464.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wake County: 57.2% 458,774 (±0.7% / ±5,236.8)
  • 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

8.5% ±4.1% (463  ±229) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Raleigh: 13.8% 66,535 (±0.8% / ±3,750)
  • 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

9.5% ±2.6% (395  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Raleigh: 4.7% 18,009 (±0.4% / ±1,374)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wake County: 5.6% 51,127 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
395 Total veterans ±117 332 Male ±102 63 Female ±52

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