Wake Forest, NC (North Carolina) Houses and Residents
| Wake Forest: | $484,444 |
| North Carolina: | $280,600 |
Total population: 36,693 (Urban population: 12,352, Rural population: 198 (all nonfarm))
Houses: 18,760 (17,764 occupied: 12,784 owner occupied, 4,610 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 27% |
| State: | 33% |
Housing density: 2,406 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $203,041.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,287 (lower quartile is $959, upper quartile is $1,754)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,111
Median gross rent in Wake Forest, NC in 2022: $1,400
Housing units in Wake Forest with a mortgage: 9,892 (1,325 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 1,138 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 52
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $137,739
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $81,251
Median monthly housing costs: $1,722
Compare current foreclosures in Wake Forest, NC:
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#1
Springtime Fields Ln
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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2,529 sq. feet
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3 baths 4 beds |
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#2
Tyler Run Dr
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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2,222 sq. feet
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3 baths 3 beds |
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#3
Alfalfa Ln
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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1,396 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#4
Trentini Ave
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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2,695 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#5
Sugar Maple Ave
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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1,368 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#6
Rose Petal Run
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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1,606 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#7
Elm Ave
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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1,632 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#8
Crimson Clover Ave
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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3,015 sq. feet
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3 baths - beds |
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#9
Deerchase Trl
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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1,738 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#10
Clatter Ave
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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2,792 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#11
Circle Dr
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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1,030 sq. feet
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1 baths - beds |
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#12
Willow Stone Ln
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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2,281 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#13
Lilliput Ln
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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1,829 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#14
Haywicke Pl
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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1,689 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#15
Front Gate Ln
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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1,815 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#16
Wallridge Dr
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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1,250 sq. feet
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2 baths - beds |
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#17
Lakeview Ave
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#18
Bradford Park Rd, Apt 203
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Appleberry Ct
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#20
N College St
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Sugar Gap Rd Apt 101
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Stadium Dr Apt B
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#23
Wake Dr
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Slomo Ct
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#25
Fairstone Rd
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Deerfield Crossing Dr
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Poppy Fields Ln
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Copper Beech Ln
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Daisy Ln
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#30
Ripley Woods St
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Colt Dr
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#32
E Pine Ave
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Heritage Knoll Dr
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#34
Stonemill Falls Dr
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#35
Wrights Creek Way
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#36
Ferry Ct
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#37
W Oak Ave Apt J
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#38
Meridian Branch Dr, Apt 307
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#39
Bradford Park Rd, Apt 212
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#40
N Allen Rd
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Gimari Dr
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#42
Spring Meadow Way
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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#43
Greenway Village Cir, Apt 301
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Ligon Creek Loop Apt 108
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Freeman Falls Ct
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Jones Ridge Trl
Wake Forest, NC 27587
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Median year apartment built: 2011
Household type by relationship:
Households: 49,868- Male householders: 8,478 (1,157 living alone), Female householders: 8,969 (2,045 living alone)
10,769 spouses (10,654 opposite-sex spouses), 809 unmarried partners, (779 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 16,402 children (14,851 natural, 535 adopted, 1,015 stepchildren), 1,065 grandchildren, 765 brothers or sisters, 749 parents, 0 foster children, 445 other relatives, 745 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 667
Size of family households: 5,810 2-persons, 3,077 3-persons, 2,882 4-persons, 1,210 5-persons, 317 6-persons, 153 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,233 1-person, 622 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 39 5-persons.
10,028 married couples with children.
2,143 single-parent households (506 men, 1,637 women).
89.3% of residents of Wake Forest speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 3,776 (7.6%)
(63.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 7.7 |
| State: | 6.4 |
Median number of rooms in apartments
| Here: | 4.2 |
| State: | 4.4 |
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wake Forest, North Carolina
- 18no bedroom
- 271 bedroom
- 8412 bedrooms
- 4,9013 bedrooms
- 4,7194 bedrooms
- 2,2805+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wake Forest, North Carolina
- 135no bedroom
- 7931 bedroom
- 2,3762 bedrooms
- 7963 bedrooms
- 3514 bedrooms
- 1615+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Cars and other vehicles available in Wake Forest in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 37no vehicle
- 2,5001 vehicle
- 6,9672 vehicles
- 2,1033 vehicles
- 7564 vehicles
- 4215+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Wake Forest in renter-occupied apartments
- 425no vehicle
- 1,9051 vehicle
- 1,8282 vehicles
- 3993 vehicles
- 294 vehicles
- 245+ vehicles
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wake Forest, North Carolina
- 01 room
- 72 rooms
- 183 rooms
- 8394 rooms
- 1,3165 rooms
- 1,7126 rooms
- 2,0847 rooms
- 2,5718 rooms
- 4,2379+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wake Forest, North Carolina
- 1351 room
- 2582 rooms
- 6793 rooms
- 1,8294 rooms
- 5015 rooms
- 4286 rooms
- 1977 rooms
- 2848 rooms
- 3019+ rooms
Wake Forest, NC household income distribution
- 189Less than $10,000
- 589$10,000 to $19,999
- 601$20,000 to $29,999
- 564$30,000 to $39,999
- 768$40,000 to $49,999
- 1,748$50,000 to $59,999
- 1,257$60,000 to $74,999
- 1,547$75,000 to $99,999
- 2,366$100,000 to $124,999
- 1,825$125,000 to $149,999
- 2,368$150,000 to $199,999
- 3,579$200,000 or more
Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Wake Forest, NC
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- 32Less than $10,000
- 32$15,000 to $19,999
- 19$20,000 to $24,999
- 50$30,000 to $34,999
- 26$35,000 to $39,999
- 42$40,000 to $49,999
- 54$70,000 to $79,999
- 13$80,000 to $89,999
- 15$90,000 to $99,999
- 23$100,000 to $124,999
- 60$125,000 to $149,999
- 151$150,000 to $174,999
- 141$175,000 to $199,999
- 471$200,000 to $249,999
- 877$250,000 to $299,999
- 2,794$300,000 to $399,999
- 3,675$400,000 to $499,999
- 3,465$500,000 to $749,999
- 867$750,000 to $999,999
- 42$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
- 45$2,000,000 or more
Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Wake Forest, NC
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- 122$100 to $149
- 2$150 to $199
- 16$200 to $249
- 18$300 to $349
- 35$400 to $449
- 47$450 to $499
- 17$500 to $549
- 91$600 to $649
- 151$650 to $699
- 93$700 to $749
- 75$750 to $799
- 406$800 to $899
- 316$900 to $999
- 786$1,000 to $1,249
- 791$1,250 to $1,499
- 956$1,500 to $1,999
- 468$2,000 to $2,499
- 156$2,500 to $2,999
- 27$3,000 to $3,499
- 115No cash rent
Percentage of workers working in this county: 79.8%
Number of people working at home: 7,218 (28.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
- Less than 5 minutes: 314
- 5 to 9 minutes: 1,433
- 10 to 14 minutes: 1,447
- 15 to 19 minutes: 1,463
- 20 to 24 minutes: 2,163
- 25 to 29 minutes: 1,251
- 30 to 34 minutes: 2,860
- 35 to 39 minutes: 1,153
- 40 to 44 minutes: 1,377
- 45 to 59 minutes: 2,504
- 60 to 89 minutes: 1,250
- 90 or more minutes: 226
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,657 (59.4%)
- Carpooled: 1,266 (5.9%)
- Bus: 44 (0.2%)
- Taxi: 146 (0.7%)
- Bicycle: 172 (0.8%)
- Walked: 297 (1.4%)
- Worked at home: 7,218 (33.9%)
- Unemployment by race in 2022
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 1.5%Males
- 1.1%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 16.7%Males
- 3.2%Females
- Unemployment rate for Asian residents
- 1.6%Males
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Wake Forest, North Carolina
- 9622010 or later
- 6572000 to 2009
- 9101990 to 1999
- 1621980 to 1989
- 551970 to 1979
- 80Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
- English: 4,012 (16.8%)
- German: 1,729 (7.3%)
- Irish: 1,674 (7.0%)
- American: 1,247 (5.2%)
- Italian: 1,039 (4.4%)
- African: 581 (2.4%)
- Scottish: 414 (1.7%)
- Ukrainian: 390 (1.6%)
- Polish: 339 (1.4%)
- European: 329 (1.4%)
- Nigerian: 221 (0.9%)
- Zimbabwean: 195 (0.8%)
- French: 184 (0.8%)
- Scotch-Irish: 179 (0.8%)
- Scandinavian: 171 (0.7%)
- British: 167 (0.7%)
- Eastern European: 156 (0.7%)
- Norwegian: 124 (0.5%)
- Welsh: 119 (0.5%)
- Greek: 117 (0.5%)
- South African: 97 (0.4%)
- Kenyan: 94 (0.4%)
- Dutch: 87 (0.4%)
- Jordanian: 72 (0.3%)
- Hungarian: 59 (0.2%)
- West Indian: 59 (0.2%)
- Portuguese: 58 (0.2%)
- Swedish: 58 (0.2%)
- Slovak: 44 (0.2%)
- Czechoslovakian: 39 (0.2%)
- Croatian: 28 (0.1%)
- Slavic: 27 (0.1%)
- Russian: 25 (0.1%)
- Czech: 24 (0.1%)
- Pennsylvania German: 23 (0.10%)
- French Canadian: 22 (0.09%)
- Northern European: 17 (0.07%)
- Lithuanian: 16 (0.07%)
- Haitian: 14 (0.06%)
- Serbian: 10 (0.04%)
- Lebanese: 10 (0.04%)
- Egyptian: 9 (0.04%)
- Ethiopian: 9 (0.04%)
- Swiss: 8 (0.03%)
- Brazilian: 6 (0.03%)
- Belgian: 6 (0.03%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
India
| Wake Forest: | 13.9% (499) |
| North Carolina: | 9.3% (80,594) |
Mexico
| Wake Forest: | 10.2% (367) |
| North Carolina: | 24.7% (214,776) |
Zimbabwe
| Wake Forest: | 7.2% (258) |
| North Carolina: | 0.2% (1,323) |
Canada
| Wake Forest: | 7.1% (254) |
| North Carolina: | 2.1% (18,105) |
Colombia
| Wake Forest: | 6.5% (235) |
| North Carolina: | 2.1% (18,275) |
Ukraine
| Wake Forest: | 5.9% (213) |
| North Carolina: | 0.8% (6,645) |
Nigeria
| Wake Forest: | 4.3% (154) |
| North Carolina: | 1.1% (9,173) |
Cuba
| Wake Forest: | 3.2% (116) |
| North Carolina: | 1.0% (9,005) |
Philippines
| Wake Forest: | 2.9% (104) |
| North Carolina: | 2.4% (20,695) |
Germany
| Wake Forest: | 2.9% (103) |
| North Carolina: | 1.8% (15,534) |
Russia
| Wake Forest: | 2.8% (101) |
| North Carolina: | 0.9% (8,067) |
Other South America
| Wake Forest: | 2.7% (97) |
| North Carolina: | 0.1% (713) |
Vietnam
| Wake Forest: | 2.6% (92) |
| North Carolina: | 2.9% (24,965) |
Nepal
| Wake Forest: | 2.6% (92) |
| North Carolina: | 0.6% (5,372) |
Dominican Republic
| Wake Forest: | 2.1% (77) |
| North Carolina: | 1.7% (15,135) |
Thailand
| Wake Forest: | 2.1% (75) |
| North Carolina: | 0.7% (6,161) |
England
| Wake Forest: | 2.0% (71) |
| North Carolina: | 1.2% (10,140) |
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
| Wake Forest: | 1.9% (68) |
| North Carolina: | 1.1% (9,831) |
El Salvador
| Wake Forest: | 1.9% (67) |
| North Carolina: | 3.8% (33,379) |
Korea
| Wake Forest: | 1.8% (65) |
| North Carolina: | 1.8% (15,988) |
South Africa
| Wake Forest: | 1.6% (59) |
| North Carolina: | 0.5% (4,673) |
Kenya
| Wake Forest: | 1.6% (58) |
| North Carolina: | 0.5% (4,309) |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 17,926
- Other state: 27,538
- Northeast: 9,906
- Midwest: 5,333
- South: 10,164
- West: 2,104
84.1% of Wake Forest residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35.8% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44.8% lived in North Carolina.
| Wake Forest: | 84.1% |
| State average: | 87.3% |
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 231
- Nursery to 4th grade: 0
- 5th and 6th grade: 0
- 7th and 8th grade: 77
- 9th grade: 57
- 10th grade: 113
- 11th grade: 29
- 12th grade, no diploma: 41
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,282
- Less than 1 year of college: 558
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,479
- Associate degree: 1,618
- Bachelor's degree: 5,922
- Master's degree: 2,684
- Professional school degree: 373
- Doctorate degree: 482
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 103
- Nursery to 4th grade: 0
- 5th and 6th grade: 5
- 7th and 8th grade: 103
- 9th grade: 74
- 10th grade: 68
- 11th grade: 84
- 12th grade, no diploma: 150
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,241
- Less than 1 year of college: 1,372
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,255
- Associate degree: 2,081
- Bachelor's degree: 6,351
- Master's degree: 3,236
- Professional school degree: 438
- Doctorate degree: 143
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 12,596
- One, attached: 2,144
- Two: 492
- 3 or 4: 271
- 5 to 9: 1,017
- 10 to 19: 783
- 20 to 49: 812
- 50 or more: 336
- Mobile homes: 299
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $157,677
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.7%
House/condo owner moved in on average 7 years ago
Renter moved in on average 1 years ago
Houses and condos
Apartments
- 68.3%Utility gas
- 30.0%Electricity
- 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.4%No fuel used
- 0.2%Solar energy
- 77.4%Electricity
- 21.6%Utility gas
- 1.0%No fuel used
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,216
| Here: | 23.2% |
| North Carolina: | 13.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 542
| Here: | 14.7% |
| North Carolina: | 11.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 217
| Here: | 13.0% |
| North Carolina: | 19.3% |
