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Raleigh, NC Urban Area

1,150,010 Population
554.8 square miles 2,072.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,257 ±$1,257 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$102,852 ±$2,751 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.1% ±0.8% (79,938  ±8,721) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25 minutes ±0.5 (11,298,680  ±398,458) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

468,819 ±5,388 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (1,129,730  ±10,093) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.3% ±0.7% (12,745  ±2,078) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

498,971 ±3,536 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$483,100 ±$6,889 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.6% ±1.1% (166,412  ±12,630.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

94.5% ±1.7% (749,495  ±14,868.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
59.7% ±1.3% (473,097  ±10,915.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

19.7% ±1.5% (214,158  ±16,177.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

15.7% ±0.8% (181,017  ±8,741) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.9% ±0.4% (52,544  ±3,841) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
52,544 Total veterans ±3,841 44,653 Male ±3,395 7,891 Female ±1,539

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