Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety69#288/924
Economy100#4/925
Housing50#465/925
Health99#13/925
Healthcare72#256/923
Environment53#430/917
Education96#41/925
Infrastructure92#77/925
Community86#134/925
Leisure & amenities78#204/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Voter turnout · high79.4%
98/100North Carolina 72.9%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAggregated from counties
Access to exercise opportunities · high96.5%
98/100North Carolina 78.0%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Bachelor's degree or higher · high51.2%
98/100North Carolina 35.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Some college · high78.4%
98/100North Carolina 69.1%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · high11.5 /1k
97/100North Carolina 8.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Adult smoking · low10.5%
97/100North Carolina 16.2%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high97%
4/100North Carolina 79%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
6/100North Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Average commute time · high26.8 min
14/100North Carolina 25.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Home price to income ratio · high4.2×
23/100North Carolina 4.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
High ozone days · high1 days
29/100North Carolina 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Social associations · low9.3 /10k
32/100North Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,417,382 (2020) → 1,595,720 (2025)
+13%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
13% (2021) → 97% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+84 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
82.9% (2010 & 2021) → 96.5% (2022 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
22.0 /100k (2021) → 10.9 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−50%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
15.5 /1k (2020) → 21.3 /1k (2025)
+37%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
288 /100k (2021) → 384 /100k (2025)
+33%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area improved on 15 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 2 moved within the margin of error and 7 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Bachelor's++4.5 points46.8% → 51.2%
Household income+32%$75,851 → $100,103
Arts & recreation+19%4.5 /10k → 5.3 /10k
Uninsured−1 points10.1% → 9.1%
Overdose deaths−37%17.5 /100k → 10.9 /100k

Declined8

Suicides+37%9.0 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Price / income+0.9×3.3× → 4.2×
Rent burden+4.8 points43.7% → 48.5%
Libraries−5.4%0.2 /10k → 0.2 /10k
Rent / income+1.8 points27.5% → 29.3%

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.5 /10k2020	5.3 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	73%
Average commute time	26.6 min2015-2019	26.8 min2020-2024	+0.2 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Average weekly wage	$1,2112020	$1,5092025	+25%	Improved	62%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%2015-2019	51.2%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	85%
Broadband subscriptions	88.8%2015-2019	94.1%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Improved	10%
Child poverty rate	13.4%2015-2019	10.8%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Improved	54%
Distance to an airport	16 mi2020	16 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	7%
Drug overdose deaths	17.5 /100k2020	10.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−37%	Improved	66%
Effective property tax rate	0.87%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	70%
Firearm deaths	8.7 /100k2020	9.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+13%	Declined	31%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−1.3%	Little change	44%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.8 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+6.3%	Improved	55%
High school diploma or higher	91.7%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Improved	44%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	16%
Homicide rate	4.4 /100k2020	3.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−27%	Improved	52%
Income adjusted for local prices	$60,4322019	$80,5122024	+33%	Improved	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4462015-2019	0.4502020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$75,8512015-2019	$100,1032020-2024	+32%	Improved	75%
New business applications	15.5 /1k2020	21.3 /1k2025	+37%	Improved	36%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−6%	Declined	56%
Poverty rate	9.8%2015-2019	8.7%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Improved	55%
Property crime rate	1,501 /100k2020	1,457 /100k2025	−3%	Little change	8%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−5.4%	Declined	23%
Public transit commuters	0.9%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	47%
Rent as share of income	27.5%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Declined	24%
Rent-burdened households	43.7%2015-2019	48.5%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Declined	18%
Restaurants and bars	8.3 /10k2020	8.5 /10k2025	+2.5%	Little change	57%
Suicide rate	9.0 /100k2020	12.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+37%	Declined	12%
Traffic deaths	8.4 /100k2015-2019	9.6 /100k2020-2024	+14%	Declined	38%
Unemployment rate	6.2%2020	3.2%2025	−3 points	Improved	51%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.1%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	−1 points	Improved	70%
Violent crime rate	227 /100k2020	217 /100k2025	−4.4%	Little change	32%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area itself moved −1.3 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,487,302 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (+0.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,487,302 residents

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
United States share

White57%851,297
Black18%273,666
Hispanic or Latino12%183,839

Education

1,011,730 residents (±225)

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
United States share

No high school diploma6.8%68,877
High school or GED17%172,924
Some college16%163,151

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

574,295 households (±2,421)

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
United States share

Under $25k10%57,930
$25k–50k14%78,370
$50k–75k14%81,144
$75k–100k12%69,414
$100k–150k20%112,249
$150k–200k12%69,258
$200k or more18%105,930

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+8.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

574,295 households (±2,421)

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
United States share

Own67%382,581
Rent33%191,714

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+0.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

185,755 households (±3,272)

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
United States share

Under $7506.5%12,015
$750–1,0008.2%15,183
$1,000–1,50030%56,401

Home values

382,581 homes (±3,718)

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
United States share

Under $150k7.7%29,375
$150k–250k11%43,834
$250k–400k28%105,855

Age of homes

619,032 homes (±221)

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
United States share

2010 or later26%163,585
2000–200924%146,122
1980–199931%194,135

Size of homes

619,032 homes (±221)

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
United States share

Studio1.5%9,385
1 bedroom8.8%54,356
2 bedrooms20%121,975
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

768,406 workers (±4,442)

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
United States share

Drive alone64%493,736
Carpool6.4%49,018
Public transit0.5%4,216
Walk1.1%8,624
Bike0.2%1,405
Work from home26%201,084
Other1.3%10,323

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+17.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

567,322 workers (±5,259)

Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
United States share

Under 15 min20%115,710
15–29 min39%223,008
30–44 min24%138,028

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Raleigh-Cary, NC employ 136,990 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Raleigh-Cary, NC by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Retail Salespersons18,660 jobs	18,660	$33,100US $35,410	−7%	1.0×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand17,060 jobs	17,060	$38,470US $40,240	−4%	1.21×
Cashiers14,350 jobs	14,350	$29,770US $32,880	−9%	0.97×
Customer Service Representatives13,620 jobs	13,620	$41,900US $44,770	−6%	1.1×
Fast Food and Counter Workers12,790 jobs	12,790	$29,080US $31,200	−7%	0.69×
Registered Nurses12,780 jobs	12,780	$84,830US $97,550	−13%	0.79×
Software Developers12,580 jobs	12,580	$132,770US $135,980	−2%	1.56×
Stockers and Order Fillers12,300 jobs	12,300	$35,220US $37,330	−6%	0.91×
Cooks, Fast Food11,500 jobs	11,500	$28,220US $30,890	−9%	3.76×
Office Clerks, General11,350 jobs	11,350	$44,460US $45,010	−1%	0.96×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Raleigh-Cary, NC has 39,252 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248), with 617,511 paid employees at an average annual pay of $68,969. The Census Bureau also counts 149,523 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 39,252; 149,523 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248
Paid employees: 617,511
Average annual pay: $68,969; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Raleigh-Cary, NC by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,036	20	0.96×About typical	41,220	$75,890	6,932
Specialty trade contractors	2,727	17.9	1.16×About typical	29,204	$66,080	9,250
Restaurants and other eating places	2,684	17.7	0.96×About typical	58,599	$22,547	605
Lessors of real estate	2,374	15.6	1.27×More than typical	8,417	$71,060	17,005
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,712	11.3	1.68×More than typical	14,066	$103,943	7,793
Construction of buildings	1,464	9.6	1.27×More than typical	10,128	$92,496	3,685
Computer systems design and related services	1,278	8.4	1.94×More than typical	15,264	$121,684	2,733
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,236	8.1	1.21×About typical	13,265	$40,651	7,085
Real estate agents and brokers	1,227	8.1	1.66×More than typical	2,788	$80,249	5,015
Full-service restaurants	1,167	7.7	1.00×About typical	27,561	$26,077	217
Limited-service restaurants	1,163	7.7	0.95×About typical	26,164	$19,624	255
Offices of other health practitioners	1,039	6.8	1.13×About typical	6,645	$53,968	3,513

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $310.4M on contracts performed in Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area: $195 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $310.4M; −14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $195; US $1,995
Sole-source: 27%; US 30%
Single offer: 17%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$67.6M22%
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$56.2M18%
Department of Veterans Affairs$31.6M10%
Defense Threat Reduction Agency$23M7.4%
Department of the Army$22.9M7.4%
Department of the Navy$19.3M6.2%
Federal Acquisition Service$16.2M5.2%
Federal Aviation Administration$13.4M4.3%

Top recipients

SEQIRUS INC$54.5M18%
US FOODS INC$34.6M11%
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$28.4M9.2%
SYSCO RALEIGH, LLC$26M8.4%
INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.$15.8M5.1%

Spending by fiscal year

256.3MFY2017
303.7MFY2018
329.9MFY2019
442.1MFY2020
406.3MFY2021
413.4MFY2022
401.3MFY2023
395.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$62.4M20%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$54.3M17%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$37.5M12%
Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing · 3118$23.3M7.5%
Wholesale trade agents and brokers · 4251$15.8M5.1%
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services · 5192

Largest awards

COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ANALYSIS AND PLANNING TOOL DEVELOPMENT$171.2M
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.· Wake County, NC· Research & development· Mar 29, 2019 – May 5, 2026· HDTRA119F0005
FORMULATION AND FILLING OF MF59-ADJUVANTED CELL-BASED A/HENAN/4-10CNIC/2022 (H3N8)-LIKE VACCINE AND CLINICAL TRIAL IMPLEMENTATION$42.8M
SEQIRUS INC· Wake County, NC· Health & medical· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 75A50126F61015
PROVIDE IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NIEHS$41.5M
SIKICH FEDERAL INC.· Wake County, NC· IT & telecom· Jan 16, 2020 – Aug 5, 2026· 75N96020F00001
MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF AN ARCHIVES AND REPOSITORY CONTRACT (AARC) FOR THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM (NTP) AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (NIEHS)

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area: $5,003 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $8B; −1.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,003; US $12,957
Loan face value: $899M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$4.9B62%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$973.3M12%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$495.6M6.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$342M4.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$145.4M1.8%
84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States$123.7M1.5%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$117M1.5%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$74.1M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$303M3.8%
RALEIGH, NC
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$229M2.9%
RALEIGH, NC
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA$61.3M0.8%
RALEIGH, NC
WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE$50.3M0.6%
RALEIGH, NC
RALEIGH-DURHAM AIRPORT AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$5.9B74%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.1B14%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$268.5M3.4%
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$129.8M1.6%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

6.6BFY2021
6.2BFY2022
6.8BFY2023
7.4BFY2024
8.1BFY2025
8BFY2026

County aggregates

88%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in North Carolina

Areas based in North Carolina, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined8

Metro and micro areas like Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

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Improved15

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