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Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area

654,012 Population
2,290.2 square miles 285.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,492 ±$1,459 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $35,254 ±$312
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$71,601 ±$1,955 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $61,972 ±$541
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

14% ±1.2% (87,638  ±7,295) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.4% 1,378,621 (±0.4% / ±37,327)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24 minutes ±0.9 (5,233,745  ±281,340) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 97,370,030 (±0.2 / ±1,128,261)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

263,996 ±3,791 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,179,632 ±15,192
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (622,521  ±4,701) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,290,252 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

3.1% ±0.9% (5,216  ±1,449) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,762 (±0.3% / ±6,563)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

288,853 ±1,956 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,801,698 ±420
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$314,600 ±$10,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $236,900 ±$2,044
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

15.6% ±1.3% (101,428  ±8,673.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,412,575 (±0.4% / ±36,140.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91% ±2.4% (409,235  ±11,045.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.7% 6,499,145 (±0.6% / ±43,849.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
50.8% ±1.7% (228,305  ±7,851) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 34.9% 2,529,657 (±0.4% / ±27,130.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

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

11.8% ±0.7% (77,011  ±4,768) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 869,786 (±0.2% / ±17,380)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.6% ±0.6% (29,378  ±2,948) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 615,452 (±0.2% / ±13,155)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
29,378 Total veterans ±2,948 26,473 Male ±2,725 2,905 Female ±1,079

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