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Chapel Hill, NC

59,889 Population
21.7 square miles 2,765.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$50,216 ±$2,458 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $48,827 ±$809
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$85,825 ±$6,472 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $81,017 ±$1,656
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

19.6% ±1.8% (9,640  ±863) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 12.3% 70,198 (±0.5% / ±2,630)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

19.6 minutes ±0.7 (395,560  ±25,573) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 24.1 5,687,300 (±0.4 / ±120,683)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

20,712 ±597 Number of households
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 243,422 ±1,209
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (48,972  ±235) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 2.3 567,717 (±0 / ±398)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.3% ±0.5% (276  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 3.4% † 5,257 (±0.4% / ±675)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

23,205 ±614 Number of housing units
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 264,772 ±188
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$576,500 ±$22,665 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $359,400 ±$4,563
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

28% ±1.8% (16,653  ±1,076.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 16.2% 95,276 (±0.7% / ±3,901.9)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

96.2% ±3.1% (29,911  ±1,178.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 91.1% 371,254 (±1.2% / ±4,942.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
77.2% ±2.8% (23,991  ±1,040.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 52.3% 213,218 (±0.9% / ±3,645.3)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

14.9% ±1.3% (8,936  ±769) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 13.2% 78,193
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

3.2% ±0.6% (1,611  ±285) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 5.5% 26,269 (±0.3% / ±1,492)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,611 Total veterans ±285 1,510 Male ±260 101 Female ±66

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