Fuquay Varina.
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North Carolina·Wake County
10 tracts·11K people·$452K median·582/mi²
White 66 · Black 15 · Hispanic 10 · Multiracial 6 · Asian 3 · Other 1
Married couple 63 · Living alone 19 · Other 18
Professional 24 · Retail 23 · Health 20 · Leisure 13 · Manufacturing 12 · Public admin 4 · Other 4
Management · business · science · arts 58 · Sales · office 17 · Service 12 · Production · transport 8 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 62 · Work from home 33 · Carpool 11 · 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 Fuquay-Varina is $451,500 (Census ACS) — 1.0× the US median of $458,812.
Fuquay-Varina has 40,485 residents across 3 census tracts and 9 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 37.0; the population is 65.5% White, 14.7% Black, 9.9% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% Multiracial, 2.9% Asian and 0.7% Other; the average household has 2.8 people; 54.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 8.2% (Census ACS).
Ballentine Elementary (74%), Herbert Akins Rd Elementary (67%) and Fuquay-Varina Elementary (66%) lead the elementary schools; Fuquay-Varina Middle (64%) and Herbert Akins Road Middle (62%) lead the middle schools; Fuquay-Varina High (64%), Willow Spring High (62%) and Southern Wake Academy (52%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,720/month, 9% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Fuquay-Varina is $115,497 a year, 34% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Fuquay-Varina, median rent is $1,720/month and the median home value is $451,500 (Census ACS).
Fuquay-Varina reported 0.7 violent crimes and 6.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 88°F; winter lows average 33°F; there are 82 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 49 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Fuquay-Varina are drought (79), hail (78) and wildfire (61), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.10g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Fuquay-Varina, 0.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).