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Chapel Hill, NC

58,919 Population
21.7 square miles 2,720.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$47,631 ±$2,200 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $44,718 ±$766
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$85,940 ±$5,889 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $76,040 ±$1,419
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

18.6% ±1.6% (8,948  ±755) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 12.5% 77,492 (±0.6% / ±3,539)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

19.6 minutes ±0.8 (394,305  ±25,992) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 24.6 6,453,525 (±0.4 / ±136,337)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

19,965 ±557 Number of households
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 259,778 ±1,512
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.4 ±0.1 (47,919  ±191) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 2.4 616,437 (±0 / ±856)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

1% ±0.3% (201  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 3.4% † 5,640 (±0.4% / ±667)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

22,397 ±586 Number of housing units
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 283,637 ±388
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$537,100 ±$23,397 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $310,600 ±$4,807
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

27% ±2% (15,862  ±1,182.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 15.5% 99,813 (±0.7% / ±4,290.5)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

95.6% ±3.3% (28,944  ±1,172.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 90.5% 403,831 (±1.2% / ±5,239.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
77.4% ±3% (23,442  ±1,033.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 48.3% 215,763 (±0.8% / ±3,707.5)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

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

16% ±1.4% (9,414  ±830) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 11.9% 76,903
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

3.3% ±0.6% (1,636  ±306) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 5.8% 30,267 (±0.2% / ±1,268)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
1,636 Total veterans ±306 1,497 Male ±289 139 Female ±90

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