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Raleigh, NC

477,084 Population
148.5 square miles 3,211.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$47,035 ±$2,497 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $47,404 ±$1,067
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $38,701 ±$391
$75,424 ±$3,018 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $92,739 ±$2,385
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $67,481 ±$623

11% ±1.5% (50,533  ±7,051) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 7.9% 114,884 (±0.7% / ±10,463)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,329,157 (±0.3% / ±34,584)

21.9 minutes ±0.4 (4,365,050  ±210,490) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 26.6 15,289,905 (±0.6 / ±477,512)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,959,064 (±0.2 / ±1,086,259)

Families

195,414 ±4,779 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 559,173 ±5,605
  • North Carolina: 4,299,266 ±15,150
2.3 ±0.1 (457,923  ±1,232) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,458,180 (±0 / ±728)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 † 10,417,729 (±129.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.3% ±1.5% (7,175  ±2,016) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 5.3% † 19,889 (±0.9% / ±3,203)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 129,267 (±0.3% / ±6,987)

Housing

225,320 ±4,444 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 616,756 ±278
  • North Carolina: 4,892,627 ±1,041

$430,600 ±$15,360 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $424,700 ±$7,204
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $280,600 ±$2,083

17.2% ±1.9% (80,888  ±9,038) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 12.3% 181,106 (±0.9% / ±13,336.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,346,000 (±0.3% / ±33,890.3)

Social

92.8% ±3.1% (298,747  ±11,221.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 93.4% 944,025 (±1.7% / ±17,120.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,649,400 (±0.6% / ±43,783.2)
53.5% ±2.2% (172,284  ±7,603.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 50.8% 513,290 (±1.2% / ±11,671.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.9% 2,647,999 (±0.4% / ±26,529.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

13.5% ±1.6% (64,586  ±7,654) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.2% † 196,319 (±4,950.2% / ±9,464)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% † 916,787 (±445% / ±18,841)

4.4% ±0.6% (16,676  ±2,417) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 5.8% 65,947 (±0.4% / ±4,374)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.5% 620,969 (±0.2% / ±12,934)
16,676 Total veterans ±2,417 14,800 Male ±2,217 1,876 Female ±802

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