Wake County * Raleigh-Cary metro
9.9K
Population
$71.3K
Median income
per household
$579.5K
Home value
20.2%
Poverty rate
What stands out
3 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Housing stretch: typical home values are about 8.1× the median household income.
Median household income
$71.3K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$56.4K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$579.5K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
50.6%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
27.9%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
26.1%
Approaching 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
8.1×
Above typical 3-5x ratio
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
2 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
34.0%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
9.6%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
13.3%
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+)
49.9%
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
7 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 509
34.1%
Tract 501
28.3%
Tract 507
15.8%
Tract 506
9.4%
Tract 508
8.4%
Others (2)
4.0%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NC-2
100%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology