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Durham, NC

301,877 Population
118.8 square miles 2,540.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 38 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,736 ±$2,621 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $50,577 ±$1,703
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$82,916 ±$4,710 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $83,542 ±$3,589
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.4% ±2.3% (33,193  ±6,770) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 11.2% † 66,867 (±1.4% / ±8,104)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±0.7 (2,808,175  ±159,386) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 24.4 6,154,275 (±0.8 / ±290,780)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 116,963,336 (±0.2 / ±1,127,069)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

133,270 ±3,012 Number of households
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 257,745 ±3,260
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (290,368  ±490) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 2.3 593,941 (±0 / ±446)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.6% ±1.7% (5,662  ±1,459) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 5.6% † 9,014 (±1% / ±1,611)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

146,201 ±1,622 Number of housing units
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 282,635 ±216
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$439,400 ±$13,725 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $441,300 ±$10,697
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.6% ±2% (49,251  ±5,906.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 14.4% 88,312 (±1.3% / ±7,898.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.1% ±3.8% (198,041  ±8,261.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 92.5% 394,729 (±2.5% / ±11,010.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
58.9% ±2.9% (125,338  ±6,338) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 54.7% 233,311 (±1.9% / ±8,020.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

15.5% ±1.8% (46,816  ±5,373) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 13.7% 84,875
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.3% ±1.1% (12,998  ±2,605) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 5.5% † 27,708 (±0.6% / ±3,039)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,998 Total veterans ±2,605 10,996 Male ±2,154 2,002 Female ±1,132

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