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Census Tract 540.16, Wake, NC

6,531 Population
2.3 square miles 2,779.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Raleigh: 34.7 ±0.4
  • 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

$58,122 ±$8,644 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Raleigh: $52,897 ±$1,028
  • a little higher than the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$122,692 ±$21,807 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Raleigh: $85,395 ±$2,159
  • about 20 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

2.5% ±1.8% (158  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Raleigh: 11.9% 54,989 (±0.8% / ±3,511)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wake County: 8.1% 94,044 (±0.4% / ±4,533)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.9 minutes ±10.1 (57,590  ±12,441) 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

2,548 ±336 Number of households
  • Raleigh: 203,443 ±1,758
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.3 (6,530  ±1,153) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Raleigh: 2.3 462,291 (±0 / ±416)
  • about the same as 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

8.7% ±6.9% (164  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Raleigh: 4.9% † 6,621 (±0.6% / ±769)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wake County: 5% 15,415 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,827 ±307 Number of housing units
  • Raleigh: 224,853 ±1,424
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$430,200 ±$15,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Raleigh: $415,800 ±$7,720
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wake County: $461,300 ±$3,848
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

22.6% ±9.8% (1,448  ±677.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh: 18.7% 88,864 (±0.9% / ±4,118.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wake County: 15% 174,352 (±0.5% / ±6,276.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

99.5% ±22% (4,849  ±690.3) 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)
68.3% ±3.5% (3,328  ±588.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh: 54% 176,843 (±1% / ±3,464.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 57.2% 458,774 (±0.7% / ±5,236.8)
  • nearly 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% ±3.6% (556  ±255) 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

5.7% ±4.3% (288  ±223) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh: 4.7% 18,009 (±0.4% / ±1,374)
  • about the same as the rate in Wake County: 5.6% 51,127 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
288 Total veterans ±223 227 Male ±163 61 Female ±102

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