Wake Forest.
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North Carolina·Wake County
13 tracts·47K people·$475K median·2,414/mi²
White 65 · Black 20 · Hispanic 9 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 3 · Other 0
Married couple 63 · Other 20 · Living alone 18
Retail 26 · Professional 22 · Health 19 · Leisure 18 · Manufacturing 7 · Public admin 3 · Other 5
Management · business · science · arts 64 · Sales · office 18 · Service 9 · Production · transport 6 · Construction · maintenance 3
Drive alone 64 · Work from home 26 · Carpool 10 · 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 Wake Forest is $474,500 (Census ACS) — 1.0× the US median of $458,812.
Wake Forest has 52,844 residents across 9 census tracts and 10 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 38.6; the population is 64.6% White, 19.5% Black, 9.0% Hispanic or Latino, 3.6% Multiracial, 2.9% Asian and 0.3% Other; the average household has 2.8 people; 59.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 4.5% (Census ACS).
Endeavor Charter School (85%), Envision Science Academy (84%) and Heritage Elementary (71%) lead the elementary schools; Heritage Middle (78%) and Wake Forest Middle School (45%) lead the middle schools; North Wake College and Career Academy (85%), Heritage High (69%) and Wake Forest High School (64%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,596/month, 1% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Wake Forest is $123,802 a year, 44% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Wake Forest, median rent is $1,596/month and the median home value is $474,500 (Census ACS).
Wake Forest reported 1.6 violent crimes and 15.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 88°F; winter lows average 32°F; there are 80 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 48 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Wake Forest are hail (78), landslide (74) and inland flooding (66), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.10g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Wake Forest, 1% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).