Fast Facts
Population
| |
1990 |
2000 |
2010 |
| Raleigh |
212,092 |
276,093 |
403,892 |
| Wake County |
426,311 |
627,866 |
900,993 |
| North Carolina |
6,628,637 |
8,049,313 |
9,535,483 |
Source: US Census Bureau
Unemployment Rate
| |
Oct. 2010 |
Oct. 2011 |
| Raleigh |
6.7% |
7.1% |
Source: NC Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security
Cost of Living Index
| |
Composite Index |
|
|
93.3 |
| Charlotte, NC |
92.6 |
| Orlando, FL |
97.2 |
Atlanta, GA
|
98.8
|
| Richmond, VA |
99.2 |
| United States |
100.0 |
Baltimore, MD
|
118.0
|
San Diego, CA
|
130.8
|
| |
|
Source: ACCRA Cost of Living Index,Q3-2011
|
Population Growth
| |
City Population Growth |
| |
Between 2009 and 2010 |
| Atlanta, GA |
1.7% |
| Austin, TX |
14.1% |
| Boston, MA |
.49% |
| Charlotte, NC |
2.1% |
| Orlando, FL |
1.8% |
| Richmond, VA |
1.8% |
| Raleigh, NC* |
12.2% |
| San Jose, CA |
.81% |
| |
|
| Source: 2011 MSA Profile, Woods & Poole Economics |
*The numbers listed for Raleigh are for the Raleigh-Cary MSA
Educational Attainment
| |
% of Population With a
|
|
| |
Bachelors Degree or Higher |
|
| |
|
|
| Raleigh, NC |
46.3% |
|
| Atlanta, GA |
44.8% |
|
| Austin, TX |
43.6% |
|
| Charlotte, NC |
38.7% |
|
| Boston, MA |
44.3% |
|
| San Jose, CA |
36.6% |
|
| Richmond, VA |
34.5% |
|
| Orlando, FL |
31.5% |
|
| |
|
|
| Source: 2010 American Community Survey, US Census |
Median Home Prices
| |
Median Sales Price of |
|
| |
Existing Single-Family Homes (Q3, 2011) |
|
| |
|
|
| Atlanta, GA |
$101,900 |
|
| Austin, TX |
$195,200 |
|
| Baltimore, MD |
$238,800 |
|
| Boston, MA |
$367,700 |
|
| Denver, CO |
$235,600 |
|
| Orlando, FL |
$127,800 |
|
| Raleigh, NC |
$224,300 |
|
| San Jose, CA |
$587,500 |
|
| |
|
|
| Prices represent the metropolitan statistical area |
|
Source: National Association of Realtors
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