Wake County * Raleigh-Cary metro
25.9K
Population
$145.9K
Median income
per household
$565.6K
Home value
2.5%
Poverty rate
What stands out
5 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 42.7% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$145.9K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$58.9K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$565.6K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
42.7%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
11.5%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
15.5%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
3.9×
Within typical 3-5x 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
27.7%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
8.0%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
8.4%
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+)
64.0%
U.S.
35.7%
A high share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher often correlates with higher-paying jobs and knowledge-economy industries.
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 532.08
20.1%
Tract 534.32
14.9%
Tract 532.10
14.8%
Tract 534.31
14.5%
Tract 531.11
10.3%
Others (7)
25.4%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NC-4
63.4%
NC-13
36.6%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology