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Chapel Hill, NC

61,607 Population
21.7 square miles 2,839.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,406 ±$2,606 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $50,851 ±$821
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,989 ±$5,527 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $83,500 ±$1,552
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.6% ±1.8% (9,411  ±916) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 12.1% 69,627 (±0.6% / ±3,378)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.5 minutes ±0.4 (407,355  ±23,222) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 24.1 5,600,145 (±0.4 / ±120,108)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,189 ±641 Number of households
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 248,256 ±1,309
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (50,403  ±223) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 2.3 575,055 (±0 / ±357)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.9% ±0.3% (201  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 3.8% 5,822 (±0.4% / ±538)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,581 ±521 Number of housing units
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 270,378 ±168
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$613,700 ±$21,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $396,100 ±$5,100
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

26.3% ±2% (16,110  ±1,199.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 15.5% 92,153 (±0.7% / ±4,095.3)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.2% ±3.2% (30,576  ±1,201.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 91.6% 379,655 (±1.2% / ±5,105.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
76.6% ±2.9% (24,352  ±1,043.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 53.4% 221,150 (±0.9% / ±3,857.1)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

15.3% ±1.3% (9,409  ±796) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 13.3% 80,193
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.8% ±0.5% (1,448  ±264) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 5.5% 26,380 (±0.3% / ±1,320)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,448 Total veterans ±264 1,370 Male ±250 78 Female ±61

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