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Wake County (Northeast)--Raleigh City (Northeast), Wake Forest & Rolesville Towns PUMA, NC

151,971 Population
87.7 square miles 1,733.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,048 ±$4,437 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$112,842 ±$9,023 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.9% ±2.3% (10,367  ±3,479) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.7 minutes ±0.6 (1,572,465  ±92,629) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

56,528 ±3,311 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.1 (150,423  ±9,571) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±3% (1,934  ±1,124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,455 ±3,872 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$476,700 ±$20,401 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11% ±2.3% (16,467  ±3,547) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95% ±2.7% (98,714  ±6,181.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
55.1% ±2.9% (57,280  ±4,412.3) 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)

16.5% ±3.3% (22,719  ±4,609.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,362,533 (±0.1% / ±10,995.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

15.3% ±3.5% (23,255  ±5,523) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.4% ±1.5% (7,516  ±1,758) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,516 Total veterans ±1,758 6,312 Male ±1,498 1,204 Female ±898

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