Census Reporter

Raleigh, NC

474,708 Population
145.9 square miles 3,254 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$38,494 ±$1,496 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $40,209 ±$827
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $32,021 ±$259
$69,333 ±$3,515 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $80,096 ±$2,432
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $57,341 ±$611

10.9% ±1.7% (49,601  ±7,607) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 8.9% † 121,022 (±1% / ±12,967)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.6% 1,386,122 (±0.3% / ±34,891)

24.4 minutes ±0.5 (5,461,845  ±230,371) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 27.4 17,576,705 (±0.4 / ±409,797)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 118,198,690 (±0.2 / ±1,142,481)

Families

188,412 ±4,255 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 519,648 ±4,397
  • North Carolina: 4,046,348 ±15,467
2.4 ±0.1 (454,744  ±2,589) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,366,012 (±0 / ±2,878)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,207,193 (±0)

4.9% ±1.3% (6,721  ±1,783) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 17,506 (±0.7% / ±2,590)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 129,358 (±0.3% / ±7,231)

Housing

205,534 ±4,438 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 562,945 ±1,088
  • North Carolina: 4,748,148 ±509

$274,200 ±$9,307 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $285,600 ±$4,961
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $193,200 ±$1,582

21% ±2% (98,635  ±9,340.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 16.8% 230,741 (±1.1% / ±14,868.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 14.8% 1,537,525 (±0.4% / ±35,831.8)

Social

91.8% ±2.8% (292,392  ±10,184.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 92.3% 863,079 (±1.8% / ±16,479.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 88.6% 6,368,153 (±0.6% / ±41,056.2)
50.3% ±2% (160,208  ±6,854.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 48% 448,718 (±1.1% / ±10,431.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 32.3% 2,321,185 (±0.3% / ±23,254.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

14.2% ±1.3% (67,584  ±6,245) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 12.8% 178,012 (±0.7% / ±9,203)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 884,631 (±0.2% / ±20,561)

4.8% ±0.7% (18,103  ±2,584) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6.4% 68,175 (±0.5% / ±5,067)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 641,993 (±0.2% / ±12,304)
18,103 Total veterans ±2,584 16,086 Male ±2,301 2,017 Female ±794

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