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Census Tract 542.19, Wake, NC

4,600 Population
1.6 square miles 2,867.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wake Forest: 38.6 ±1.9
  • 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

$66,333 ±$12,707 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wake Forest: $51,709 ±$2,328
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$136,219 ±$33,163 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake Forest: $123,802 ±$6,456
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wake County: $105,768 ±$1,626
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

6.5% ±3.8% (296  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wake Forest: 4.5% † 2,320 (±1.2% / ±636)
  • about 80 percent 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)

31.5 minutes ±9.4 (52,025  ±21,737) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wake Forest: 30.9 594,980 (±1 / ±44,822)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 25.1 11,013,330 (±0.2 / ±162,068)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,785 ±267 Number of households
  • Wake Forest: 18,403 ±748
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.2 (4,600  ±798) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wake Forest: 2.8 51,748 (±0.1 / ±172)
  • a little higher than 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

4% ±3.5% (54  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Wake Forest: 4.3% † 576 (±1.3% / ±183)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wake County: 5% 15,415 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,843 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Wake Forest: 19,428 ±809
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$523,500 ±$70,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake Forest: $474,500 ±$13,300
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $461,300 ±$3,848
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

16% ±8.8% (734  ±420.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Wake Forest: 16% † 8,395 (±3.9% / ±2,037.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wake County: 15% 174,352 (±0.5% / ±6,276.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

98.4% ±23.4% (2,984  ±494.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wake Forest: 96.4% 33,993 (±4% / ±1,796.1)
  • 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)
66% ±7.8% (2,001  ±416.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wake Forest: 59.5% 21,000 (±3.2% / ±1,318.8)
  • 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

4.8% ±3.5% (221  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Wake Forest: 9.5% † 5,032 (±1.5% / ±812)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wake County: 15.3% 179,775
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.4% ±2.6% (139  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wake Forest: 7.7% † 2,975 (±1.6% / ±620)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wake County: 5.6% 51,127 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
139 Total veterans ±86 122 Male ±83 17 Female ±20

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