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Wake County

County in North Carolina. 1,178,653 residents. 2,162 km² of land (835 sq mi).

Rents

Median gross rent

$1,623USD per month, ± $16

North Carolina $1,228, U.S. $1,413

2020–2024.

Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

By number of bedrooms

Home sizeMedian rent, USD per month
Studio (no bedroom)$1,390 ± $56
1 bedroom$1,423 ± $19
2 bedrooms$1,600 ± $20
3 bedrooms$1,830 ± $29
4 bedrooms$2,353 ± $66
5 or more bedrooms$2,651 ± $179

2020–2024. Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Home prices

Median home value

$461,300USD, ± $3,848

North Carolina $288,900, U.S. $332,700

2020–2024.

The value is each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not a sale price. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $2,000,000 are published only as "$2,000,000+" and medians below $10,000 as "$10,000-".

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Houses and apartments

Type of homeAverage value, USD
All owner-occupied homes$531,667
Houses (one-unit, detached or attached)$545,312
Apartments (buildings with two or more units)$408,322
Mobile homes$117,920

2020–2024. This is an average, not a median, so a few very expensive homes pull it above the median home value. Values are each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not sale prices. "Apartment" means an owner-occupied home in a building with two or more units, condominiums and co-ops included; rented homes are not counted. The Census Bureau publishes no median value for houses or for apartments (only for mobile homes), which is why this figure is an average. It publishes the underlying totals for the country, most states and about a quarter of counties; no figure is shown where an input is missing. It is not shown for census tracts, where the totals are rare and too unstable to read without a margin of error. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS tables B25080 (total value of owner-occupied homes by units in structure) and B25032 (owner-occupied homes by units in structure): total value divided by the number of homes. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Work and pay

Average wage

$36.93$1,477$6,400USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per month

North Carolina $33.05$1,322$5,729, U.S. $36.35$1,454$6,301

2014: $24.43$977$4,2342024: $36.93$1,477$6,400

2024.

Hourly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage divided by 40 hours. The source does not report hours worked and counts part-time jobs, so actual hourly pay is higher where part-time work is common.

Monthly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage times 52, divided by 12.

Covers jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. Wages include bonuses. It is an average per job, full-time and part-time alike, not per worker. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer. Recent figures are revised by the publisher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

Employment

653,153jobs

2014: 490,4042024: 653,153

2024.

Counts jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. A person with two jobs is counted twice. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

By industry sector

SectorWage, private sector, USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per monthJobs, private sectorEstablishments
Health care and social assistance$33.85$1,354$5,86778,5043,720
Professional, scientific, and technical services$57.85$2,314$10,02776,6545,909
Retail trade$20.15$806$3,49364,8023,618
Accommodation and food services$12.70$508$2,20158,1752,846
Administrative and support and waste management services$28.40$1,136$4,92350,4952,103
Construction$40.93$1,637$7,09445,4323,294
Finance and insurance$60.28$2,411$10,44826,5631,896
Wholesale trade$54.75$2,190$9,49025,8321,392
Information$71.78$2,871$12,44124,763725
Manufacturing$51.40$2,056$8,90923,638597
Other services (except public administration)$26.93$1,077$4,66721,2922,976
Transportation and warehousing$24.03$961$4,16419,364730
Arts, entertainment, and recreation$16.10$644$2,79113,484610
Real estate and rental and leasing$35.48$1,419$6,14912,1782,393
Educational services$23.68$947$4,10411,890629
Management of companies and enterprises$68.40$2,736$11,8569,906291
Utilities$57.55$2,302$9,9752,07075
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting$30.48$1,219$5,2821,03729
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction$206.78$8,271$35,84128410

Periods: 2024, 2023. “Withheld” marks cells the publisher suppresses to protect individual employers.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Businesses

Business establishments

33,873establishments

2023.

Employer establishments only: the self-employed are not counted. Excludes crop and animal production, rail transportation, the postal service, public administration and most government. The source publishes no turnover.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Business establishments per 1,000 residents

28.7per 1,000 residents

North Carolina 24.1, U.S. 25.0

2023.

The two inputs cover different periods (2023 and 2020–2024). Establishments are counted where they operate and residents where they live, so employment centres score high. The self-employed and most government are not counted.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Calculated by Marsadata from County Business Patterns 2023 total establishments divided by the ACS 5-year 2020–2024 population estimate, times 1,000. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Energy

Residential electricity price

Published for states only. See North Carolina

Residential natural gas price

Published for states only. See North Carolina

People

Population

1,178,653people

2020–2024.

Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. It is a survey estimate, not a census count. The national figure covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico is published separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Population density

545.2people per km²

North Carolina 85.2, U.S. 36.6

2020–2024.

Land area excludes water. The national figure uses the land area of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, matching the population estimate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from the ACS 5-year population estimate (table B01003) divided by the land area in the Census Bureau's 2025 cartographic boundary files. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages

People speaking a language other than English at home

19.4%% of people aged 5 and over

North Carolina 13.5%, U.S. 22.3%

2020–2024.

Says nothing about English ability: many of these people also speak English very well. Based on a sample survey with large margins of error for census tracts; no margin of error is given for the share.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS table C16001: population aged 5 and over minus people who speak only English at home, divided by the population aged 5 and over, times 100. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages spoken at home

Language groupSharePeople
English only80.6%895,053 ± 5,307
Spanish8.5%94,094 ± 2,957
Other Indo-European languages3.2%35,278 ± 2,410
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages2.2%24,518 ± 1,616
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)1.0%11,586 ± 1,477
Arabic0.9%10,357 ± 1,821
Other and unspecified languages0.9%10,255 ± 1,645
French, Haitian or Cajun0.6%6,941 ± 1,122
Russian, Polish or other Slavic languages0.6%6,460 ± 956
Vietnamese0.5%5,777 ± 1,548
Korean0.4%4,483 ± 916
German or other West Germanic languages0.3%3,468 ± 786
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%2,747 ± 599

2020–2024. Of 1,111,017 residents aged five and over. Shares are calculated by Marsadata from the published counts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.