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Raleigh, NC

451,949 Population
144.5 square miles 3,126.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2015 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$32,941 ±$1,429 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $32,970 ±$614
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $26,801 ±$231
$56,910 ±$2,035 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $65,778 ±$1,410
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $47,830 ±$521

15.6% ±1.7% (67,665  ±7,529) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 11.6% 144,211 (±0.9% / ±10,797)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 16.4% 1,607,835 (±0.3% / ±31,818)

23.7 minutes ±1.1 (5,119,785  ±283,289) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 25.9 15,000,520 (±0.6 / ±388,524)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 24.3 104,259,815 (±0.2 / ±1,057,882)

Families

178,316 ±3,552 Number of households
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 470,527 ±3,990
  • North Carolina: 3,843,745 ±15,042
2.4 ±0.1 (431,487  ±2,535) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 2.7 1,247,953 (±0 / ±2,841)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.6 9,790,119 (±0)

4.8% ±1% (6,214  ±1,316) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 5.3% † 17,636 (±0.7% / ±2,361)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5% 119,725 (±0.2% / ±5,468)

Housing

195,293 ±3,545 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 509,680 ±1,087
  • North Carolina: 4,491,090 ±361

$226,500 ±$9,095 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $225,000 ±$4,249
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $160,100 ±$1,031

20.6% ±1.9% (91,955  ±8,472.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 16.6% 208,462 (±1.1% / ±13,175.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 15.6% 1,551,243 (±0.3% / ±31,462.1)

Social

91% ±2.8% (265,922  ±8,931.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 90.9% 762,720 (±1.6% / ±13,652.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 86.6% 5,853,225 (±0.5% / ±35,627.8)
49.2% ±1.9% (143,936  ±6,002.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 44.4% 372,528 (±1.1% / ±8,998.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 29.4% 1,991,057 (±0.3% / ±19,909)

17.2% ±0.8% (69,421  ±3,040.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2015 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 15.4% 175,124 (±0.3% / ±3,190.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 11.2% 1,031,895 (±0.1% / ±7,258.4)

14.4% ±1.4% (65,125  ±6,149) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 12.2% 154,910 (±0.5% / ±6,692)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 794,684 (±0.1% / ±13,171)

4.8% ±0.6% (16,747  ±2,247) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 6.7% 63,808 (±0.4% / ±4,096)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 657,203 (±0.1% / ±11,050)
16,747 Total veterans ±2,247 14,636 Male ±1,848 2,111 Female ±788

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