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27278

27,925 Population
103.7 square miles 269.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$55,724 ±$3,112 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $50,851 ±$821
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$105,887 ±$10,295 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $83,500 ±$1,552
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

7% ±1.7% (1,917  ±484) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 12.1% 69,627 (±0.6% / ±3,378)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

26.8 minutes ±1.8 (274,640  ±31,185) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 24.1 5,600,145 (±0.4 / ±120,108)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

11,533 ±598 Number of households
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 248,256 ±1,309
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (27,546  ±1,313) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 2.3 575,055 (±0 / ±357)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.4% ±2% (304  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 3.8% 5,822 (±0.4% / ±538)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

12,362 ±601 Number of housing units
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 270,378 ±168
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$414,100 ±$20,563 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $396,100 ±$5,100
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

10.4% ±2.5% (2,870  ±705) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 15.5% 92,153 (±0.7% / ±4,095.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

91.8% ±1.8% (18,782  ±1,097.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 91.6% 379,655 (±1.2% / ±5,105.4)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
55.7% ±2.6% (11,394  ±815.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 53.4% 221,150 (±0.9% / ±3,857.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.6% ±1.8% (2,404  ±513) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 13.3% 80,193
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.6% ±1.4% (1,674  ±328) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 5.5% 26,380 (±0.3% / ±1,320)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,674 Total veterans ±328 1,483 Male ±268 191 Female ±124

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