Wake County * Raleigh-Cary metro
47.8K
Population
$129K
Median income
per household
$522.5K
Home value
4.7%
Poverty rate
What stands out
5 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 49.3% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$129K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$52.9K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$522.5K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
49.3%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
29.4%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
18.1%
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
28.1%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
7.6%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
8.8%
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+)
64.4%
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
21.2%
Tract 710.02
20.1%
Tract 532.09
19.4%
Tract 532.06
10.3%
Tract 207.02
7.5%
Others (7)
21.4%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NC-4
65.6%
NC-13
26.9%
NC-9
7.5%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology