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Raleigh, NC

469,502 Population
147.1 square miles 3,191.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$44,001 ±$1,900 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $43,276 ±$844
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $35,254 ±$312
$74,612 ±$4,058 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $85,303 ±$2,663
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $61,972 ±$541

12.9% ±1.8% (58,224  ±8,289) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 10.1% † 143,831 (±1% / ±14,637)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.4% 1,378,621 (±0.4% / ±37,327)

21.6 minutes ±0.5 (3,553,505  ±216,375) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 26.5 13,375,245 (±0.6 / ±465,044)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 97,370,030 (±0.2 / ±1,128,261)

Families

194,917 ±4,618 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 548,713 ±5,418
  • North Carolina: 4,179,632 ±15,192
2.3 ±0.1 (452,419  ±3,033) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,427,294 (±0 / ±3,070)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,290,252 (±0)

2.9% ±0.8% (3,757  ±1,095) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 4% † 14,878 (±0.6% / ±2,139)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,762 (±0.3% / ±6,563)

Housing

217,866 ±4,672 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 595,757 ±1,186
  • North Carolina: 4,801,698 ±420

$340,200 ±$11,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $346,400 ±$5,915
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $236,900 ±$2,044

20.6% ±2% (95,956  ±9,384.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 14.8% 212,064 (±1% / ±14,568.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,412,575 (±0.4% / ±36,140.3)

Social

92.9% ±2.9% (298,665  ±10,495.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 92.7% 909,425 (±1.8% / ±17,426.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.7% 6,499,145 (±0.6% / ±43,849.5)
53.9% ±2% (173,290  ±7,035.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 50.7% 497,592 (±1.1% / ±11,241.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 34.9% 2,529,657 (±0.4% / ±27,130.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

13.8% ±1.3% (64,580  ±6,076) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 12.6% 182,817 (±0.6% / ±8,218)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 869,786 (±0.2% / ±17,380)

5.4% ±0.9% (20,270  ±3,345) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6.3% 69,741 (±0.4% / ±4,845)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 615,452 (±0.2% / ±13,155)
20,270 Total veterans ±3,345 17,472 Male ±2,913 2,798 Female ±1,114

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