Census Reporter

Cary, NC

169,537 Population
57.3 square miles 2,959.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.2

Economics

$50,730 ±$2,243 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $38,365 ±$796
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $30,737 ±$288
$102,172 ±$7,724 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $75,165 ±$1,913
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $53,855 ±$573

5.3% ±1.9% (8,910  ±3,138) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 8.9% 119,632 (±0.9% / ±11,546)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,417,873 (±0.4% / ±35,989)

22.7 minutes ±0.4 (1,707,330  ±41,213) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2017 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 25.9 15,297,695 (±0.3 / ±176,390)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 24.3 105,134,780 (±0.1 / ±496,041)

Families

64,171 ±1,932 Number of households
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 504,854 ±4,428
  • North Carolina: 4,011,462 ±16,617
2.6 ±0.1 (169,257  ±927) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 2.7 1,338,528 (±0 / ±2,284)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,108,186 (±0)

3.2% ±1.2% (1,357  ±495) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 4.1% † 14,668 (±0.6% / ±2,137)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,280 (±0.2% / ±5,997)

Housing

67,980 ±2,232 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 548,200 ±864
  • North Carolina: 4,684,962 ±408

$374,200 ±$9,279 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $267,600 ±$5,130
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $180,600 ±$1,360

17.3% ±2.9% (29,066  ±4,920) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 17% 229,669 (±1% / ±13,700.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 15.1% 1,551,139 (±0.3% / ±35,246.1)

Social

96.7% ±3.4% (114,229  ±4,745.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 92.4% 845,154 (±1.6% / ±14,789.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 88.2% 6,267,264 (±0.6% / ±40,013)
71.1% ±3% (83,913  ±3,962.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 48% 438,842 (±1.1% / ±9,972.1)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 31.9% 2,266,801 (±0.3% / ±23,777.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

20.6% ±1.7% (34,841  ±2,809) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 11.7% 158,696 (±0.5% / ±6,454)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 824,177 (±0.2% / ±16,876)

5.3% ±0.9% (6,815  ±1,124) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 6.4% 66,513 (±0.4% / ±4,115)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 667,035 (±0.2% / ±12,146)
6,815 Total veterans ±1,124 6,587 Male ±1,108 228 Female ±212

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