Wake County * Raleigh-Cary metro
55.2K
Population
$85.7K
Median income
per household
$355.5K
Home value
9.0%
Poverty rate
What stands out
4 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 53.4% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$85.7K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$43.1K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$355.5K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
53.4%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
24.3%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
20.5%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
4.1×
Upper end of typical range
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
6 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
32.9%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
10.9%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
11.6%
U.S.
13.1%
3 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
Best available speed
1,000Mbps
Gigabit speeds reported
100+ Mbps coverage
99.7%
U.S.
85.3%
Gigabit ready
69.8%
U.S.
8.6%
5G available
99.8%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
40.1%
U.S.
35.7%
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
12 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 528.09
10.8%
Tract 528.13
10.6%
Tract 411.12
9.3%
Tract 528.15
7.4%
Tract 411.11
7.3%
Others (7)
40.5%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NC-13
55.9%
NC-2
44.1%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology