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27540

39,675 Population
46.5 square miles 853.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$41,353 ±$1,663 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $38,370 ±$354
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $30,783 ±$154
$109,404 ±$4,028 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $75,851 ±$776
  • about double the amount in North Carolina: $54,602 ±$231

4.2% ±1.3% (1,664  ±521) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 9.8% 128,135 (±0.4% / ±4,594)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,467,591 (±0.2% / ±17,884)

28.7 minutes ±1 (496,245  ±29,451) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 26.6 16,482,850 (±0.2 / ±179,237)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 24.8 111,158,735 (±0.1 / ±446,673)

Families

12,846 ±351 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 494,521 ±2,226
  • North Carolina: 3,965,482 ±10,327
3.1 ±0.1 (39,653  ±900) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,307,068 (±0 / ±911)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,987,956 (±0)

6.6% ±1.7% (682  ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 4.9% 16,810 (±0.3% / ±1,137)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 123,554 (±0.1% / ±2,927)

Housing

13,368 ±366 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 535,497 ±385
  • North Carolina: 4,627,089 ±676

$310,300 ±$11,153 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $249,800 ±$2,320
  • nearly double the amount in North Carolina: $172,500 ±$438

14.6% ±2.6% (5,717  ±1,007.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 16.8% 220,880 (±0.5% / ±6,054.4)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 15.2% 1,543,434 (±0.2% / ±15,840.9)

Social

96.3% ±2.7% (23,335  ±914.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 91.7% 816,503 (±0.8% / ±6,712)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,130,463 (±0.3% / ±18,865.8)
55.1% ±2.2% (13,347  ±638.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 46.8% 416,181 (±0.5% / ±4,388.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 31.3% 2,182,853 (±0.2% / ±11,120.3)

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

6.3% ±1.1% (2,499  ±424) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 12.3% 163,639 (±0.2% / ±3,244)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 822,764 (±0.1% / ±7,421)

8.2% ±1.1% (2,186  ±296) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6.8% 68,734 (±0.2% / ±1,831)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 659,584 (±0.1% / ±6,241)
2,186 Total veterans ±296 1,839 Male ±259 347 Female ±127

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