Census Reporter

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area

644,367 Population
2,290.1 square miles 281.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$36,778 ±$1,026 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $32,021 ±$259
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$65,303 ±$3,078 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $57,341 ±$611
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

14% ±1.3% (85,730  ±8,056) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.6% 1,386,122 (±0.3% / ±34,891)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

24.9 minutes ±0.7 (7,263,210  ±256,937) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 118,198,690 (±0.2 / ±1,142,481)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

255,271 ±3,668 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,046,348 ±15,467
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.4 ±0 (610,994  ±3,692) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,207,193 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.6% ±1% (7,644  ±1,666) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 129,358 (±0.3% / ±7,231)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

279,480 ±1,555 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,748,148 ±509
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$251,900 ±$8,325 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $193,200 ±$1,582
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

17.7% ±1.5% (112,995  ±9,765) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.8% 1,537,525 (±0.4% / ±35,831.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

89.2% ±2.4% (395,341  ±10,880.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 88.6% 6,368,153 (±0.6% / ±41,056.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
46.3% ±1.6% (205,245  ±7,292.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 32.3% 2,321,185 (±0.3% / ±23,254.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

12.8% ±0.7% (82,538  ±4,781) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 884,631 (±0.2% / ±20,561)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

6.2% ±0.6% (31,877  ±3,214) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.9% 641,993 (±0.2% / ±12,304)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
31,877 Total veterans ±3,214 27,947 Male ±2,896 3,930 Female ±1,253

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