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North Carolina · Census place 11800

Chapel Hill town, NC

Quick answer

Chapel Hill town has 59,889 residents, ranking #17 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $85,825, the median home is worth $576,500 and median gross rent runs $1,483 a month.

Population
59,889Chapel Hill town residents
Median household income
$85,825Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$576,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,483Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
25.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
48.7%Owner-occupied households

What the numbers mean in Chapel Hill town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Chapel Hill town median would spend about 20.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 6.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.6% of residents and 48.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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