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Chatham & Lee Counties PUMA, NC

152,411 Population
936.8 square miles 162.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,716 ±$3,369 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$88,048 ±$8,172 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.5% ±2.4% (17,285  ±3,571) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,543,105  ±62,478) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

59,662 ±1,367 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (150,743  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.3% ±2.1% (1,014  ±647) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths 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

65,724 ±58 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$370,000 ±$21,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.5% ±1.9% (9,887  ±2,828) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.9% ±5% (96,479  ±5,610.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
38.8% ±3.2% (42,551  ±3,522.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

17.5% ±0.6% (24,247  ±886) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,362,533 (±0.1% / ±10,995.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

10% (15,190  ±1,813) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.9% ±1.2% (10,825  ±1,502) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,825 Total veterans ±1,502 10,182 Male ±1,478 643 Female ±339

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