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Raleigh, NC

464,972 Population
145.1 square miles 3,205.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,484 ±$1,317 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $36,054 ±$637
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $29,560 ±$232
$64,660 ±$2,576 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $72,576 ±$1,931
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $52,752 ±$510

12.6% ±1.6% (56,263  ±7,288) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 10.5% 137,345 (±0.9% / ±11,626)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,471,339 (±0.4% / ±35,219)

24.1 minutes ±0.6 (5,574,550  ±226,816) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 26.5 16,419,970 (±0.5 / ±385,527)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,653,370 (±0.2 / ±1,144,284)

Families

183,672 ±3,738 Number of households
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 493,879 ±4,036
  • North Carolina: 3,955,069 ±14,774
2.4 ±0.1 (446,867  ±2,377) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 2.7 1,311,998 (±0 / ±2,452)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,006,648 (±0)

4.3% ±1% (5,936  ±1,341) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 5% † 17,320 (±0.7% / ±2,481)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 127,760 (±0.2% / ±5,742)

Housing

203,936 ±3,572 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 534,938 ±928
  • North Carolina: 4,622,656 ±769

$239,700 ±$8,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $244,500 ±$3,995
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $171,200 ±$1,016

19.3% ±1.7% (88,893  ±7,846.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 16.1% 211,940 (±1% / ±13,679.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 14.9% 1,509,156 (±0.3% / ±34,846)

Social

91.3% ±2.5% (280,121  ±8,780) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 91.1% 812,711 (±1.6% / ±13,899.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,137,396 (±0.5% / ±36,896.8)
51% ±1.8% (156,643  ±6,140.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 46.2% 412,464 (±1% / ±8,749.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 31.3% 2,190,679 (±0.3% / ±21,578.7)

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

14% ±1.4% (65,271  ±6,583) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 12.8% 170,894 (±0.6% / ±7,283)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.1% 829,416 (±0.2% / ±17,576)

5.5% ±0.6% (20,198  ±2,344) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 7% 70,365 (±0.4% / ±4,373)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 656,044 (±0.2% / ±11,702)
20,198 Total veterans ±2,344 17,130 Male ±2,045 3,068 Female ±1,010

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