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Cary, NC

166,032 Population
56.5 square miles 2,938.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$46,409 ±$2,387 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $36,054 ±$637
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $29,560 ±$232
$99,209 ±$4,102 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $72,576 ±$1,931
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $52,752 ±$510

5.6% ±1.6% (9,227  ±2,712) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 10.5% 137,345 (±0.9% / ±11,626)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,471,339 (±0.4% / ±35,219)

22.5 minutes ±0.4 (1,638,775  ±42,234) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2016 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 25.4 14,588,165 (±0.2 / ±133,095)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 24.1 101,863,985 (±0.1 / ±427,312)

Families

62,831 ±2,258 Number of households
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 493,879 ±4,036
  • North Carolina: 3,955,069 ±14,774
2.6 ±0.1 (165,672  ±696) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 2.7 1,311,998 (±0 / ±2,452)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,006,648 (±0)

4.7% ±1.6% (1,813  ±637) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 5% † 17,320 (±0.7% / ±2,481)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 127,760 (±0.2% / ±5,742)

Housing

65,006 ±2,604 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 534,938 ±928
  • North Carolina: 4,622,656 ±769

$356,800 ±$9,430 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $244,500 ±$3,995
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $171,200 ±$1,016

15.8% ±2.8% (25,887  ±4,664) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 16.1% 211,940 (±1% / ±13,679.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.9% 1,509,156 (±0.3% / ±34,846)

Social

95.8% ±3.4% (109,548  ±4,826.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 91.1% 812,711 (±1.6% / ±13,899.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,137,396 (±0.5% / ±36,896.8)
68.2% ±2.9% (77,977  ±3,899.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 46.2% 412,464 (±1% / ±8,749.4)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 31.3% 2,190,679 (±0.3% / ±21,578.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data

23.5% ±2.2% (39,048  ±3,575) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 12.8% 170,894 (±0.6% / ±7,283)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 8.1% 829,416 (±0.2% / ±17,576)

5.8% ±1% (7,197  ±1,242) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 7% 70,365 (±0.4% / ±4,373)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 656,044 (±0.2% / ±11,702)
7,197 Total veterans ±1,242 6,572 Male ±1,258 625 Female ±329

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