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Fuquay-Varina, NC

37,749 Population
19.1 square miles 1,977.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$43,460 ±$2,156 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $49,462 ±$517
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$111,447 ±$6,585 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $96,066 ±$1,180
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

8.8% ±2.9% (3,311  ±1,076) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 8.6% 121,749 (±0.4% / ±5,784)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

31.9 minutes ±1.9 (437,285  ±45,457) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 26.9 15,382,645 (±0.2 / ±199,852)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

13,477 ±660 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 555,371 ±2,098
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.8 ±0.1 (37,522  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,425,138 (±0 / ±264)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 † 10,304,978 (±,132.7 / ±-555,555,600)

5.9% ±2.3% (573  ±230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 5.1% 18,954 (±0.4% / ±1,468)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

14,124 ±679 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 601,103 ±233
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$410,600 ±$13,904 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $381,000 ±$3,041
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11.8% ±2.5% (4,390  ±,936.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 14.3% 205,709 (±0.5% / ±7,068.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

96.5% ±3.7% (23,649  ±1,274.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 92.9% 913,703 (±0.8% / ±8,178.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
52.9% ±3.2% (12,967  ±,936.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 50.2% 493,829 (±0.6% / ±5,677.8)
  • about 1.5 times 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

6.9% ±1.4% (2,613  ±511) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.1% † 190,438 (±5,034.9% / ±4,120)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% † 923,923 (±,458.2% / ±10,165)

7.4% ±1.4% (2,008  ±386) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6.2% 68,663 (±0.2% / ±2,244)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,008 Total veterans ±386 1,805 Male ±393 203 Female ±108

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