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Census Tract 542.15, Wake, NC

4,814 Population
7.8 square miles 618.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rolesville: 40.6 ±1.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 37.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$41,789 ±$4,378 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rolesville: $53,322 ±$4,497
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$115,345 ±$20,944 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rolesville: $149,565 † ±$18,991
  • 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

6% ±3.5% (287  ±173) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Rolesville: 1.1% † 122 (±0.7% / ±80)
  • 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)

26 minutes ±7.8 (45,950  ±9,147) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rolesville: 31.5 † 121,770 (±5.1 / ±13,341)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wake County: 25.1 11,013,330 (±0.2 / ±162,068)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,630 ±193 Number of households
  • Rolesville: 3,524 ±252
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
3 ±0.5 (4,814  ±518) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rolesville: 3.1 10,760 (±0.2 / ±24)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,157,174 (±0 / ±197)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

0.7% ±1.1% (8  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Rolesville: 1.2% † 38 (±1.4% / ±42)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wake County: 5% 15,415 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,710 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Rolesville: 3,658 ±262
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$448,600 ±$33,445 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rolesville: $535,000 ±$45,901
  • 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

11.4% ±6.2% (548  ±304.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Rolesville: 2.6% † 283 (±1.5% / ±161.7)
  • 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

99.7% ±7% (3,118  ±408.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rolesville: 98% 6,718 (±8.2% / ±646.8)
  • 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)
51.4% ±6.2% (1,608  ±262.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rolesville: 62.2% † 4,262 (±6.6% / ±493)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wake County: 57.2% 458,774 (±0.7% / ±5,236.8)
  • about 1.4 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

4.9% ±3% (235  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Rolesville: 9.2% † 990 (±4.5% / ±489)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wake County: 15.3% 179,775
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

8.9% ±3.9% (326  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rolesville: 6.8% † 524 (±2.5% / ±196)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wake County: 5.6% 51,127 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
326 Total veterans ±147 313 Male ±150 13 Female ±20

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