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Durham, NC

295,845 Population
116.8 square miles 2,533.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$47,972 ±$2,274 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $50,071 ±$1,772
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$80,064 ±$4,866 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $83,280 ±$3,695
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

10% ±1.5% (28,624  ±4,158) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 10.3% † 60,279 (±1% / ±6,089)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

22 minutes ±0.8 (2,844,500  ±170,661) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 24.2 6,204,780 (±0.7 / ±258,367)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.3 111,229,650 (±0.2 / ±1,201,268)

Families

127,514 ±2,737 Number of households
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 253,951 ±3,342
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2.2 ±0.1 (285,512  ±496) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 2.3 583,384 (±0 / ±1,163)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524

4.3% ±1.4% (3,582  ±1,147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 4.6% † 7,271 (±1.1% / ±1,725)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

140,365 ±1,545 Number of housing units
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 276,050 ±502
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$417,400 ±$12,521 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $414,600 ±$10,201
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

20.8% ±2.8% (60,738  ±8,300.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 17.1% † 103,149 (±1.7% / ±10,381.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

92.8% ±4.2% (189,770  ±8,856.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 93% 391,416 (±2.8% / ±11,906.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
59.4% ±3.4% (121,396  ±7,147.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 54.7% 230,463 (±2.2% / ±9,170.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)

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

15.4% ±1.5% (45,423  ±4,409) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 13.2% 80,588
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127

3.9% ±0.8% (9,103  ±1,870) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 24,138 (±0.5% / ±2,455)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
9,103 Total veterans ±1,870 7,488 Male ±1,582 1,615 Female ±769

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