City safety & data profile
DurhamNC
Durham, NC is a 258K-resident city in Durham County with a median household income of $81,619.
Durham County, North Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Durham, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Durham has a population larger than 98% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $392,800, and 4 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 258K
- Population (place)
- Top 2%
- By size
- $81,619
- Median income (place)
- $392,800
- Median home (place)
- 11.7%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Durham
Durham posts a median household income higher than 51% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 4 hospitals serve the Durham area.
- Top 49%
- by median income, US cities
- 4
- hospitals in & near Durham
Where Durham income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$81,619 Top 49% higher than 51% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in NC
Population among 87 NC places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
911,311 residents
- Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
482,295 residents
- Greensboro 285,342
Greensboro, NC
285,342 residents
- Durham 257,636
Durham, NC
257,636 residents
- Winston-Salem 241,218
Winston-Salem, NC
241,218 residents
- Fayetteville 201,963
Fayetteville, NC
201,963 residents
- Cary 159,769
Cary, NC
159,769 residents
- Wilmington 115,933
Wilmington, NC
115,933 residents
- High Point 110,268
High Point, NC
110,268 residents
- Asheville 95,056
Asheville, NC
95,056 residents
What this shows Charlotte is the largest NC city on this list; Weddington leads median income.
Highest median incomes in NC
Median household income among the same 87-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Weddington
Weddington, NC
$190,766 median
- Davidson
Davidson, NC
$166,556 median
- Summerfield
Summerfield, NC
$160,275 median
- Harrisburg
Harrisburg, NC
$148,254 median
- Apex
Apex, NC
$144,135 median
- Holly Springs
Holly Springs, NC
$135,578 median
- Cary
Cary, NC
$134,905 median
- Waxhaw
Waxhaw, NC
$131,894 median
- Morrisville
Morrisville, NC
$125,396 median
- Wake Forest
Wake Forest, NC
$123,802 median
What this shows Weddington posts the highest place-level median income in NC; Charlotte is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Durham, NC beyond the headline numbers
Durham sits inside Durham County, North Carolina, at roughly 35.99°N, -78.90°W. Population 257,636, $81,619 median household income. Median home value $392,800, median rent $1,508. Poverty rate 11.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
4 hospitals in/around Durham, 4.7/5 avg rating, 3 with an ER.
Poverty in Durham, NC stands at 11.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
A median home in Durham runs about 4.8 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
23.3% of Durham workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.
Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 4.6% in Durham, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.
Durham's median age is 35.1 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Durham from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Durham County): Durham's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 11.7% -6% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 57.3% |
| Work From Home | 23.3% |
| Public Transit | 1.9% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 4 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Durham?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Durham right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet NC-DURHAM-NC · Durham
Durham: 8 tagged alerts; lead category ECCC weather alert.
- VOL-LIGHT 8 on record
- MIX-LED 100% ca-weather
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Central
Tagged alert mix: Durham
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
8
What this shows 8 tagged notices on record for Durham.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Central, LA (8 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Durham; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse North Carolina state hubs · Methodology
Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (8 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
Read with this city profile
Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Durham, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NC (11.7% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NC ($81,619 here).
Compare Durham with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Durham's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Durham area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Durham against North Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore North Carolina
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Durham County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.