Census Reporter

Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area

1,362,997 Population
2,118.4 square miles 643.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,968 ±$531 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $31,993 ±$182
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$78,706 ±$1,253 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $56,642 ±$280
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

9.2% ±0.5% (123,247  ±6,140) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 14% 1,411,939 (±0.2% / ±17,543)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

26.8 minutes ±0.2 (16,439,545  ±193,155) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,195,395 (±0.1 / ±535,514)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

507,613 ±1,992 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,031,592 ±8,480
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (1,337,737  ±1,089) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,106,940 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.1% ±0.3% (17,745  ±974) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,139 (±0.1% / ±2,846)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

548,432 ±454 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,687,122 ±852
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$268,900 ±$2,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $182,100 ±$839
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

16.1% ±0.5% (217,428  ±6,726.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.6% 1,496,591 (±0.2% / ±15,929.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

92.3% ±0.9% (844,344  ±8,027.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 88.5% 6,281,557 (±0.3% / ±20,959.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
47.8% ±0.6% (437,530  ±5,389.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 32% 2,273,890 (±0.2% / ±13,001.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

17.1% ±0.7% (223,528  ±8,979.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.3% 1,214,237 (±0.2% / ±21,037.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

12.1% ±0.3% (164,173  ±3,837) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8% 832,602 (±0.1% / ±8,840)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

6.8% ±0.2% (69,851  ±1,960) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 654,365 (±0.1% / ±6,072)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
69,851 Total veterans ±1,960 61,744 Male ±2,013 8,107 Female ±915

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