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North Carolina·Wake County
113 tracts·408K people·$416K median·2,731/mi²
White 51 · Black 26 · Hispanic 13 · Asian 5 · Multiracial 4 · Other 1
Married couple 37 · Living alone 35 · Other 27
Professional 32 · Health 23 · Retail 14 · Public admin 13 · Manufacturing 7 · Leisure 7 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 54 · Sales · office 19 · Service 13 · Production · transport 9 · Construction · maintenance 5
Drive alone 62 · Work from home 26 · Carpool 13 · Walk 2 · Transit 1 · Bike 1
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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 Raleigh is $415,800 (Census ACS) — 0.9× the US median of $458,812.
Raleigh has 481,031 residents across 98 census tracts and 86 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 34.7; the population is 51.1% White, 26.0% Black, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino, 5.2% Asian, 4.4% Multiracial and 0.7% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 54.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 11.9% (Census ACS).
Barton Pond Elementary (86%), Leesville Road Elementary (83%) and Jeffreys Grove Elementary (79%) lead the elementary schools; Magellan Charter (90%), Moore Square Middle (73%) and Carnage Middle (72%) lead the middle schools; Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy (93%), Wake Early College of Health and Science (92%) and Raleigh Charter High School (90%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,572/month, in line with the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Raleigh is $85,395 a year, in line with the US median (Census ACS).
In Raleigh, median rent is $1,572/month and the median home value is $415,800 (Census ACS).
Raleigh reported 5.3 violent crimes and 25.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 88°F; winter lows average 33°F; there are 83 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 48 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Raleigh are hail (88), ice storm (65) and earthquake (65), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.10g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Raleigh, 2% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).