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Census Tract 540.01, Wake, NC

5,403 Population
1.3 square miles 4,031 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±6.6 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

$50,538 ±$6,495 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Raleigh: $52,897 ±$1,028
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$72,902 ±$18,915 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Raleigh: $85,395 ±$2,159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wake County: $105,768 ±$1,626
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

6.2% ±3.2% (332  ±179) 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)

17.8 minutes ±8 (39,215  ±12,008) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Raleigh: 23 4,505,445 (±0.3 / ±117,504)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wake County: 25.1 11,013,330 (±0.2 / ±162,068)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,856 ±419 Number of households
  • Raleigh: 203,443 ±1,758
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
1.9 ±0.2 (5,304  ±932) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Raleigh: 2.3 462,291 (±0 / ±416)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,157,174 (±0 / ±197)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

17.3% ±14.7% (192  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Raleigh: 4.9% † 6,621 (±0.6% / ±769)
  • 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

3,158 ±407 Number of housing units
  • Raleigh: 224,853 ±1,424
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$372,500 ±$53,755 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Raleigh: $415,800 ±$7,720
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wake County: $461,300 ±$3,848
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

11.1% ±7.2% (574  ±385.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Raleigh: 18.7% 88,864 (±0.9% / ±4,118.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wake County: 15% 174,352 (±0.5% / ±6,276.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

98.8% ±8.4% (3,979  ±700.7) 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)
60% ±9.6% (2,415  ±537.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh: 54% 176,843 (±1% / ±3,464.5)
  • a little 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

12.3% ±6.5% (667  ±369) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Raleigh: 13.8% 66,535 (±0.8% / ±3,750)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wake County: 15.3% 179,775
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

3.6% ±2% (163  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Raleigh: 4.7% 18,009 (±0.4% / ±1,374)
  • about two-thirds 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)
163 Total veterans ±92 163 Male ±92 N/A Female ±19

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