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Raleigh, NC

482,425 Population
149.4 square miles 3,228.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$52,356 ±$2,032 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $50,887 ±$1,111
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$86,309 ±$4,483 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $96,096 ±$3,288
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

10.3% ±1.4% (47,789  ±6,383) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 7.8% † 116,518 (±0.8% / ±11,782)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

23.6 minutes ±0.9 (4,971,125  ±282,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 26.6 16,029,035 (±0.4 / ±448,034)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.3 111,229,650 (±0.2 / ±1,201,268)

Families

211,433 ±4,205 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 600,306 ±4,502
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2.2 ±0 (465,118  ±1,004) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,485,208 (±0 / ±793)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524

4.2% ±1.1% (5,814  ±1,553) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 4.6% † 17,591 (±0.7% / ±2,720)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

229,678 ±4,210 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 639,588 ±344
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$445,500 ±$12,471 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $439,500 ±$7,024
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

17.7% ±1.9% (84,727  ±9,006.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.6% 203,741 (±1% / ±14,517.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

93.3% ±2.7% (307,002  ±10,013.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 93.1% 962,970 (±1.6% / ±16,187.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
55.7% ±2% (183,124  ±7,157.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 52.7% 545,321 (±1.1% / ±11,368.1)
  • about 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

14.3% ±1.4% (68,914  ±6,660) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 14.4% 217,352
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127

4.5% ±0.6% (17,459  ±2,174) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6% 69,538 (±0.4% / ±4,805)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
17,459 Total veterans ±2,174 15,828 Male ±2,092 1,631 Female ±684

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