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North Carolina·Wake County
46 tracts·174K people·$580K median·2,896/mi²
White 57 · Asian 20 · Hispanic 10 · Black 8 · Multiracial 5 · Other 1
Married couple 60 · Living alone 23 · Other 16
Professional 40 · Retail 20 · Health 18 · Leisure 10 · Manufacturing 8 · Public admin 2 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 68 · Sales · office 14 · Service 9 · Production · transport 5 · Construction · maintenance 3
Drive alone 56 · Work from home 36 · Carpool 9 · Walk 1 · Transit 0 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Cary is $580,200 (Census ACS) — 1.3× the US median of $458,812.
Cary has 179,306 residents across 34 census tracts and 39 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 40.2; the population is 56.7% White, 20.3% Asian, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% Black, 4.7% Multiracial and 1.1% Other; the average household has 2.6 people; 70.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 5.7% (Census ACS).
White Oak Elementary (93%), Davis Drive Elementary (88%) and Hortons Creek Elementary (88%) lead the elementary schools; Mills Park Middle (91%), Davis Drive Middle (87%) and Alston Ridge Middle (79%) lead the middle schools; Wake STEM Early College High School (91%), Green Hope High (84%) and Green Level High (83%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,738/month, 10% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Cary is $134,905 a year, 57% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Cary, median rent is $1,738/month and the median home value is $580,200 (Census ACS).
Cary reported 1.0 violent crimes and 12.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 88°F; winter lows average 33°F; there are 87 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 48 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Cary are hail (86), landslide (68) and heat wave (67), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.10g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Cary, 0.7% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).