Wake County * Raleigh-Cary metro
81.4K
Population
$67.9K
Median income
per household
$293K
Home value
15.7%
Poverty rate
What stands out
1 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 56.9% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$67.9K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$31.9K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$293K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
56.9%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
31.4%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
25.6%
Approaching 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
4.3×
Upper end of typical range
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
0 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
38.3%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
13.5%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
14.5%
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+)
28.9%
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 528.07
24.9%
Tract 541.09
18.1%
Tract 541.06
12.5%
Tract 528.11
9.7%
Tract 528.10
5.5%
Others (7)
23.1%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
NC-2
91.6%
NC-13
8.4%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology