Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Chatham & Lee Counties PUMA, NC

145,340 Population
936.7 square miles 155.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

42.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$43,039 ±$3,009 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $38,701 ±$391
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$67,794 ±$4,753 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $67,481 ±$623
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

13.4% ±2.4% (19,257  ±3,514) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,329,157 (±0.3% / ±34,584)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26.9 minutes ±0.7 (1,502,240  ±59,617) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

59,254 ±1,277 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,299,266 ±15,150
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0.1 (143,658  ±97) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,417,729
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

3.5% ±1.9% (1,096  ±586) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 129,267 (±0.3% / ±6,987)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

63,082 ±48 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,892,627 ±1,041
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$312,100 ±$28,528 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $280,600 ±$2,083
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.7% ±2.8% (16,943  ±3,966.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,346,000 (±0.3% / ±33,890.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

87.7% ±4.7% (90,385  ±5,047.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,649,400 (±0.6% / ±43,783.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
37.4% ±2.9% (38,555  ±3,065) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.9% 2,647,999 (±0.4% / ±26,529.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

16.2% ±0.7% (21,462  ±,979.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.3% 1,216,618 (±0.1% / ±11,036.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

10.5% (15,261  ±2,067) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 916,787
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

5.8% ±1% (6,633  ±1,103) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.5% 620,969 (±0.2% / ±12,934)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
6,633 Total veterans ±1,103 5,787 Male ±989 846 Female ±538

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.