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27517

28,676 Population
46 square miles 623.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$79,270 ±$6,198 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $48,827 ±$809
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$124,821 ±$10,324 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $81,017 ±$1,656
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

4.8% ±1.6% (1,346  ±449) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 12.3% 70,198 (±0.5% / ±2,630)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21 minutes ±3.6 (204,060  ±23,342) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 24.1 5,687,300 (±0.4 / ±120,683)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

12,299 ±665 Number of households
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 243,422 ±1,209
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.1 (28,365  ±1,661) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 2.3 567,717 (±0 / ±398)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.9% ±1.8% (184  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 3.4% † 5,257 (±0.4% / ±675)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

13,015 ±698 Number of housing units
  • the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 264,772 ±188
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$571,900 ±$26,200 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: $359,400 ±$4,563
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

15.2% ±2.8% (4,342  ±846) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 16.2% 95,276 (±0.7% / ±3,901.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

95.4% ±1.3% (20,066  ±1,077.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 91.1% 371,254 (±1.2% / ±4,942.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
74.9% ±2.1% (15,750  ±928.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 52.3% 213,218 (±0.9% / ±3,645.3)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

12.9% ±2.8% (3,705  ±825) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 13.2% 78,193
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.1% ±1.4% (1,411  ±325) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area: 5.5% 26,269 (±0.3% / ±1,492)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
1,411 Total veterans ±325 1,239 Male ±273 172 Female ±104

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