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Raleigh, NC

470,509 Population
145.3 square miles 3,238.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.2

Economics

$38,804 ±$1,497 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $38,365 ±$796
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $30,737 ±$288
$65,695 ±$4,174 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $75,165 ±$1,913
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $53,855 ±$573

12.3% ±1.9% (55,698  ±8,543) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 8.9% 119,632 (±0.9% / ±11,546)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,417,873 (±0.4% / ±35,989)

24.6 minutes ±1 (5,801,470  ±286,330) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 26.9 17,266,020 (±0.4 / ±388,827)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 24.8 113,268,765 (±0.2 / ±994,713)

Families

188,941 ±3,867 Number of households
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 504,854 ±4,428
  • North Carolina: 4,011,462 ±16,617
2.4 ±0.1 (451,429  ±2,493) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 2.7 1,338,528 (±0 / ±2,284)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,108,186 (±0)

4.6% ±1.1% (6,372  ±1,513) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 4.1% † 14,668 (±0.6% / ±2,137)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,280 (±0.2% / ±5,997)

Housing

209,792 ±3,397 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 548,200 ±864
  • North Carolina: 4,684,962 ±408

$268,900 ±$8,455 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: $267,600 ±$5,130
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $180,600 ±$1,360

22.3% ±1.7% (103,434  ±7,915.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 17% 229,669 (±1% / ±13,700.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 15.1% 1,551,139 (±0.3% / ±35,246.1)

Social

92.3% ±2.8% (291,680  ±9,964.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 92.4% 845,154 (±1.6% / ±14,789.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 88.2% 6,267,264 (±0.6% / ±40,013)
53.3% ±2.2% (168,263  ±7,537.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 48% 438,842 (±1.1% / ±9,972.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 31.9% 2,266,801 (±0.3% / ±23,777.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

11.7% ±1.1% (54,918  ±5,161) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 11.7% 158,696 (±0.5% / ±6,454)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 824,177 (±0.2% / ±16,876)

5.3% ±0.7% (19,716  ±2,741) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Raleigh, NC Metro Area: 6.4% 66,513 (±0.4% / ±4,115)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 667,035 (±0.2% / ±12,146)
19,716 Total veterans ±2,741 16,884 Male ±2,313 2,832 Female ±1,193

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