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Raleigh City (South & Central) PUMA, NC

160,446 Population
46.3 square miles 3,466.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,764 ±$4,817 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$76,356 ±$7,825 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20% ±4.2% (28,662  ±6,337) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.5 minutes ±1.1 (1,409,825  ±160,450) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 116,963,336 (±0.2 / ±1,127,069)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

69,454 ±3,989 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (143,241  ±9,680) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±1.6% (1,832  ±871) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

72,953 ±3,993 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$553,500 ±$53,092 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

26% ±3.7% (41,290  ±6,388.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.9% ±0.8% (91,577  ±5,853.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
55.5% ±1.8% (55,918  ±3,974.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

15.7% ±3.3% (22,767  ±4,839.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,362,533 (±0.1% / ±10,995.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

13% ±2.3% (20,899  ±3,938) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.4% ±0.7% (3,246  ±1,008) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,246 Total veterans ±1,008 2,964 Male ±960 282 Female ±246

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