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Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

1,562,009 Population
2,118.4 square miles 737.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,982 ±$1,259 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$102,144 ±$1,979 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.9% ±0.8% (136,990  ±12,960) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.4 minutes ±0.6 (17,426,060  ±529,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

623,704 ±4,005 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (1,536,489  ±255) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±0.7% (21,921  ±2,788) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

659,228 ±176 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$465,800 ±$7,803 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.5% ±1% (207,427  ±15,071.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.7% ±1.7% (1,004,133  ±18,265.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
52.5% ±1.2% (562,714  ±12,357.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

20.2% ±0.8% (297,742  ±11,634.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

15.4% (241,106  ±11,224) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.7% ±0.4% (68,294  ±5,065) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
68,294 Total veterans ±5,065 60,863 Male ±4,398 7,431 Female ±1,737

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