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Cary, NC

178,883 Population
60.1 square miles 2,975 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$63,806 ±$3,747 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $50,887 ±$1,111
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$129,607 ±$9,318 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $96,096 ±$3,288
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

6% ±2.2% (10,595  ±3,919) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 7.8% † 116,518 (±0.8% / ±11,782)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

22.8 minutes ±0.4 (1,496,600  ±58,593) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 27 15,770,775 (±0.2 / ±189,455)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

71,248 ±2,931 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 600,306 ±4,502
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2.5 ±0.1 (178,461  ±818) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,485,208 (±0 / ±793)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 † 10,553,524 (±,126.5 / ±-555,555,600)

4% ±2.6% (1,797  ±1,164) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 4.6% † 17,591 (±0.7% / ±2,720)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

74,171 ±3,260 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 639,588 ±344
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$600,900 ±$23,171 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $439,500 ±$7,024
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

11.9% ±2.6% (21,003  ±4,648) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.6% 203,741 (±1% / ±14,517.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

95.8% ±3.6% (120,241  ±5,942.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 93.1% 962,970 (±1.6% / ±16,187.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
71.5% ±3.1% (89,791  ±4,818.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 52.7% 545,321 (±1.1% / ±11,368.1)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

24.7% ±2.9% (44,181  ±5,218) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 14.4% † 217,352 (±5,301.3% / ±9,744)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% † 995,127 (±,470.9% / ±22,367)

5.8% ±1.1% (8,084  ±1,529) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6% 69,538 (±0.4% / ±4,805)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
8,084 Total veterans ±1,529 6,691 Male ±1,294 1,393 Female ±656

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