Wake County * Raleigh-Cary metro
28.4K
Population
$96.8K
Median income
per household
$707.8K
Home value
15.2%
Poverty rate
What stands out
4 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Housing stretch: typical home values are about 7.3× the median household income.
Median household income
$96.8K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$55.9K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$707.8K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
53.9%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
25.1%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
20.0%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
7.3×
Above typical 3-5x ratio
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
5 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
26.2%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
5.8%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
8.7%
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+)
70.7%
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 9802
29%
Tract 524.01
25.6%
Tract 535.21
15.9%
Tract 525.04
7.1%
Tract 514
6%
Others (7)
16.3%
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