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27520

48,014 Population
70.8 square miles 678.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$41,157 ±$2,511 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $51,873 ±$530
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$86,322 ±$5,212 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $100,103 ±$1,230
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

6.3% ±2.4% (3,007  ±1,177) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 8.7% 126,752 (±0.4% / ±5,468)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

30.1 minutes ±1.3 (635,975  ±56,823) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 26.8 15,176,815 (±0.2 / ±205,566)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

17,819 ±985 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 574,295 ±2,421
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.7 ±0.1 (47,843  ±2,772) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,462,567 (±0 / ±235)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.1% ±2.1% (574  ±243) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 20,031 (±0.4% / ±1,452)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

18,621 ±935 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 619,032 ±221
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$320,900 ±$12,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $418,400 ±$3,660
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.2% ±2% (3,883  ±967.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.7% 201,076 (±0.5% / ±6,705.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

93.7% ±1.4% (30,180  ±1,618) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 93.2% 942,853 (±0.8% / ±8,252.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
33.4% ±2.1% (10,763  ±880.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 51.2% 518,208 (±0.6% / ±5,645.1)
  • a little less than 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% ±1.9% (4,135  ±963) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.7% 203,685
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.2% ±1.3% (2,663  ±484) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6% 68,837 (±0.2% / ±1,946)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
2,663 Total veterans ±484 2,404 Male ±433 259 Female ±187

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