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Raleigh, NC

458,862 Population
145.1 square miles 3,162.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 36.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,866 ±$2,061 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $35,661 ±$893
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $28,156 ±$285
$64,456 ±$3,667 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $71,685 ±$1,762
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $50,584 ±$292

12.1% ±1.3% (53,060  ±5,631) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 10% 127,688 (±0.8% / ±10,294)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 15.4% 1,521,880 (±0.3% / ±32,197)

23.2 minutes ±0.7 (5,490,335  ±225,229) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 26 15,911,975 (±0.4 / ±317,381)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 24.4 106,718,250 (±0.2 / ±987,288)

Families

180,773 ±4,669 Number of households
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 477,920 ±5,003
  • North Carolina: 3,882,423 ±16,063
2.4 ±0.1 (438,766  ±2,379) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 2.7 1,277,554 (±0 / ±2,580)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.6 9,890,826 (±0)

3.6% ±0.9% (4,837  ±1,214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 4.7% † 15,920 (±0.7% / ±2,232)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 4.9% 120,067 (±0.2% / ±5,431)

Housing

201,158 ±3,967 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 520,444 ±1,002
  • North Carolina: 4,540,697 ±422

$242,500 ±$7,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $237,700 ±$4,638
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $165,400 ±$1,041

22.3% ±1.7% (101,120  ±7,765.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 16.9% 217,862 (±0.9% / ±12,045.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 15.7% 1,572,143 (±0.3% / ±31,894.9)

Social

92.2% ±2.6% (282,433  ±8,947.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 91.6% 790,662 (±1.5% / ±13,376.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 87.3% 6,003,988 (±0.5% / ±36,970.4)
50.8% ±1.9% (155,483  ±6,343.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 47.2% 407,714 (±1% / ±8,627.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 30.4% 2,091,105 (±0.3% / ±20,557.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data

13% ±1.3% (59,684  ±5,951) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 12.2% 159,240 (±0.6% / ±7,812)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 789,638 (±0.1% / ±14,228)

6.6% ±0.9% (24,269  ±3,189) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 7.3% 71,370 (±0.4% / ±4,053)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 666,425 (±0.1% / ±11,060)
24,269 Total veterans ±3,189 20,791 Male ±2,850 3,478 Female ±1,199

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