County · North Carolina

Chatham County, North Carolina

Chatham County, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 76 out of 100 (high), ranking #748 of 3,143 US counties. Within North Carolina it ranks #13 of 100 counties. It ranks best on voter turnout (high), flu vaccinations (high) and bachelor's degree or higher (high). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), income inequality (Gini index) (high) and drought exposure (high).

76High

Quality-of-life score: #748 of 3,143 counties
North Carolina: #13 of 100 in NC
Population: 85,111 (2025)
Land area: 681 mi²
Density: 124.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 37037

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety46#1,686/3,096
Economy92#254/3,143
Housing22#2,461/3,140
Health92#266/3,144
Healthcare78#678/3,143
Environment42#1,794/3,108
Education89#341/3,144
Infrastructure73#844/3,144
Community80#637/3,144
Leisure & amenities54#1,449/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Chatham County, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Voter turnout · high88.6%
100/100North Carolina 72.9%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Flu vaccinations · high59.0%
99/100North Carolina 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · high48.9%
97/100North Carolina 35.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Income adjusted for local prices · high$93,918
95/100North Carolina $69,582United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Median household income · high$100,222
94/100North Carolina $74,055United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Life expectancy · high80.6 yrs
94/100North Carolina 76.1 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high222 min
5/100North Carolina 189 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.493
6/100North Carolina 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Drought exposure · high88%
9/100North Carolina 80%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Home price to income ratio · high4.7×
11/100North Carolina 4.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Cost of buying a home today · high39.4%
11/100North Carolina 33.1%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Public libraries · low0.4 /10k
16/100North Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services

Trends

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

PopulationRising
76,663 (2020) → 85,111 (2025)
+11%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
10% (2021) → 88% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+78 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.5 /10k (2020) → 1.2 /10k (2025)
+125%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
56.8% (2010 & 2021) → 72.7% (2022 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
2.3 /10k (2020) → 4.0 /10k (2025)
+70%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
34.6 /100k (2021) → 13.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−61%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /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, Chatham County, North Carolina improved on 12 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 17 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Arts & recreation+70%2.3 /10k → 4.0 /10k
Household income+43%$70,258 → $100,222
Weekly wage+34%$807 → $1,085
Bachelor's++6.6 points42.4% → 48.9%
Uninsured−2.8 points14.0% → 11.2%

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×4.2× → 4.7×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Chatham County, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.3 /10k2020	4.0 /10k2025	+70%	Improved	94%
Average commute time	29.8 min2015-2019	28.4 min2020-2024	−1.4 min	Within the margin of error	83%
Average weekly wage	$8072020	$1,0852025	+34%	Improved	93%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%2015-2019	48.9%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Improved	93%
Broadband subscriptions	77.7%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	62%
Child poverty rate	12.4%2019	10.8%2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Distance to an airport	25 mi2020	25 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	22.2 /100k2020	13.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−39%	Within the margin of error	63%
Effective property tax rate	0.73%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	52%
Firearm deaths	24.8 /100k2020	15.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−36%	Within the margin of error	91%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	83%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+125%	Within the margin of error	97%
High school diploma or higher	88.9%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Home price to income ratio	4.2×2015-2019	4.7×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	35%
Homicide rate	10.6 /100k2020	5.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−46%	Within the margin of error	69%
Income adjusted for local prices	$69,5992019	$93,9182024	+35%	Improved	69%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4832015-2019	0.4932020-2024	+0.010	Within the margin of error	36%
Median household income	$70,2582019	$100,2222024	+43%	Improved	97%
New business applications	9.9 /1k2020	14.0 /1k2025	+42%	Improved	47%
Pharmacies	1.0 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−9.9%	Within the margin of error	40%
Poverty rate	8.7%2019	8.7%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Property crime rate	1,257 /100k2020	819 /100k2025	−35%	Improved	48%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−11%	Within the margin of error	10%
Rent as share of income	27.2%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent-burdened households	44.8%2015-2019	48.0%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Restaurants and bars	5.7 /10k2020	6.0 /10k2025	+4.4%	Within the margin of error	62%
Students per teacher	14.4×2019	13.5×2024	−0.9×	Improved	58%
Suicide rate	15.7 /100k2020	19.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+25%	Within the margin of error	16%
Traffic deaths	19.1 /100k2015-2019	18.2 /100k2020-2024	−4.4%	Within the margin of error	61%
Unemployment rate	5.4%2020	3.3%2025	−2.1 points	Improved	39%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.0%2019	11.2%2024	−2.8 points	Improved	80%
Violent crime rate	242 /100k2020	155 /100k2025	−36%	Improved	74%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Chatham County, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Chatham County, North Carolina 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, Chatham County, North Carolina itself moved +5 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

80,151 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: 70–79 women (+1.4 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

80,151 residents

Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White69%55,672
Black10.0%7,977
Hispanic or Latino14%10,930

Education

59,347 residents (±299)

Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma9.1%5,391
High school or GED17%10,351
Some college15%9,055

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

33,004 households (±461)

Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k13%4,131
$25k–50k14%4,644
$50k–75k16%5,173
$75k–100k10%3,416
$100k–150k16%5,241
$150k–200k11%3,571
$200k or more21%6,828

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+9.7 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

33,004 households (±461)

Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own81%26,591
Rent19%6,413

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.2 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

5,644 households (±705)

Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75023%†1,324
$750–1,00015%†846
$1,000–1,50032%1,794

Home values

26,591 homes (±795)

Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k15%4,050
$150k–250k12%3,150
$250k–400k17%4,440

Age of homes

35,914 homes (±45)

Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later25%9,122
2000–200920%7,145
1980–199931%11,143

Size of homes

35,914 homes (±45)

Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio0.4%†148
1 bedroom4.3%1,536
2 bedrooms21%7,445

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

37,242 workers (±904)

Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone68%25,327
Carpool6.2%2,322
Public transit0.3%†107
Walk1.5%†569
Bike0.1%†30
Work from home22%8,374
Other1.4%†513

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+14.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

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

Time to get to work

28,868 workers (±914)

Chatham County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min20%5,816
15–29 min36%10,253
30–44 min25%7,320

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 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

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.

Chatham County has 1,719 employer establishments, 210 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.88× North Carolina's), with 17,432 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,735. The Census Bureau also counts 7,907 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,719; 7,907 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 210; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 17,432
Average annual pay: $43,735; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Chatham County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	144	17.6	1.14×About typical	1,020	$56,371	504
Restaurants and other eating places	104	12.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	2,018	$20,637	24
Ambulatory health care services	101	12.3	0.59×Fewer than typical	958	$53,443	497
Management, scientific and technical consulting	95	11.6	1.73×More than typical	176	$75,347	620
Lessors of real estate	90	11	0.89×About typical	146	$42,363	811
Services to buildings and dwellings	69	8.4	1.25×About typical	500	$48,040	466
Construction of buildings	68	8.3	1.10×About typical	289	$56,529	247
Religious organizations	61	7.5	1.34×More than typical	247	$21,915	—
Building equipment contractors	57	7	1.16×About typical	369	$55,287	110
Real estate agents and brokers	54	6.6	1.36×More than typical	59	$44,153	244
Full-service restaurants	49	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	955	$24,096	10
Limited-service restaurants	48	5.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	951	$17,493	9

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 81,877 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $5M on contracts performed in Chatham County, North Carolina: $59.16 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $5M; −8.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $59.16; US $2,007
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 13%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

National Institutes of Health$2.7M54%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$860.8K17%
Department of Veterans Affairs$566.2K11%
Defense Logistics Agency$222.4K4.4%
Department of the Army$176.6K3.5%
National Institute of Standards and Technology$164.3K3.3%
Federal Acquisition Service$135K2.7%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$99.1K2.0%

Top recipients

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$2.7M54%
TECHPIPELINE INC.$831.5K17%
PORTABLE AIR GROUP LLC$552K11%
CAROLINA ADVANCED DIGITAL, INC.$452.4K9.0%
ACCESSIBLE LIVING SOLUTIONS LLC$216.2K4.3%

Spending by fiscal year

6.8MFY2017
5.8MFY2018
3.8MFY2019
3.3MFY2020
4MFY2021
9.5MFY2022
10.8MFY2023
9.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$2.6M52%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$831.5K17%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$452.4K9.0%
Household appliance manufacturing · 3352$285.5K5.7%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$266.5K5.3%

Largest awards

THE ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK IN COMMUNITIES (ARIC) STUDY - COORDINATING CENTER - CORE STUDY OPERATIONS- TASK ORDER 01, TASK AREA A$13.8M
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL· Chatham County, NC· Research & development· Nov 12, 2021 – May 21, 2026· 75N92022F00001
THE CONTRACTOR WILL ADVISE NASAS TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY, PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO NASAS OVERALL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO, ADVOCATE AND COMMUNICATE THE VALUE OF NASA TECHNOLOGY TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS.$3M
TECHPIPELINE INC.· Chatham County, NC· Professional services· Apr 26, 2023 – Aug 17, 2026· 80AFRC23FA033
PHASE II SBIR 80NSSC25C0050 BIOMIMETIC ZERO CTE LIGHTWEIGHT OPTICAL STRUCTURES$850K
POLARONYX INC· Chatham County, NC· Research & development· Jul 8, 2025 – Jun 23, 2026· 80NSSC25C0050

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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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 $637.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Chatham County, North Carolina: $7,494 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $637.9M; −0.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,494; US $12,975
Loan face value: $38.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$523.1M82%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$29M4.5%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Chatham County, North Carolina compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Chatham County, North Carolina
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$95.20	$1,436
FY2018	$78.90	$1,552
FY2019	$51.46	$1,654
FY2020	$43.08	$1,880
FY2021	$51.47	$1,810
FY2022	$119	$1,917
FY2023	$132	$2,079
FY2024	$114	$2,047
FY2025	$64.50	$2,165
FY2026	$59.16 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$0.50	$93.28
FY2018	$0.97	$105
FY2019	$0.03	$128
FY2020	$3.43	$145
FY2021	$2.67	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$107	$5,748
FY2022	$173	$5,221
FY2023	$160	$5,364
FY2024	$252	$5,501
FY2025	$98.20	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$0.06	$298
FY2022	$23.09	$357
FY2023	$4.94	$301
FY2024	$14.07	$319
FY2025	$11.69	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$47.90	$239
FY2022	$48.43	$185
FY2023	$50.50	$229
FY2024	$65.51	$229
FY2025	$55.28	$249
FY2026

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$0	$2,304
FY2022	$1.19	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$10.96	$2,267
FY2025	$10.80	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$536	$1,186
FY2022	$262	$465
FY2023	$116	$76.52
FY2024	$329	$120
FY2025	$59.29	$148
FY2026	$134

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Chatham County, North Carolina
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Chatham County, North Carolina and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2014	1.2%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/37037

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Chatham County, North Carolina is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Chatham County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC83Central county

Cities and towns in Chatham County

Places whose residents live mostly in Chatham County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
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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Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−6.7%	−4.2%
2015	−3.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.9%	+3.3%
2018	+6.4%	+6.8%
2019	+9.0%	+10.5%
2020	+17.3%	+19.4%
2021	+23.8%	+26.1%
2022	+34.0%	+30.6%
2023	+39.2%	+35.0%
2024	+45.1%	+41.0%
2025	+57.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−8.8%	−5.5%
2015	−5.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+4.1%
2018	+6.7%	+8.9%
2019	+14.0%	+13.5%
2020	+20.9%	+20.8%
2021	+34.2%	+32.1%
2022	+41.8%	+35.4%
2023	+50.9%	+42.9%
2024	+58.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2014	8.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	8.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	10.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	10.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	9.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	12.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	7.8/1k	4.4/1k
2021	14.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	11.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	11.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	6.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−10.3%	−6.9%
2015	−7.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.1%	+4.7%
2018	+16.4%	+7.5%
2019	+11.0%	+14.0%
2020	+18.1%	+16.9%
2021	+30.7%	+21.0%
2022	+33.5%	+29.7%
2023	+51.2%	+34.9%
2024	+58.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−10.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+46.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+67.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+75.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+79.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+79.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2014	4.7%	6.2%
2015	4.7%	5.3%
2016	4.3%	4.9%
2017	3.9%	4.4%
2018	3.5%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	5.4%	8.1%
2021	3.8%	5.4%
2022	3.2%	3.7%
2023	3.0%	3.6%
2024	3.1%	4.0%
2025	3.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2014	13.9%	15.5%
2015	11.6%	14.7%
2016	11.7%	14.0%
2017	10.3%	13.4%
2018	9.3%	13.1%
2019	8.7%	12.3%
2020	9.6%	11.9%
2021	12.2%	12.8%
2022	8.9%	12.6%
2023	8.4%	12.5%
2024	8.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2014	15.7%	13.5%
2015	15.1%	10.9%
2016	13.5%	10.0%
2017	14.2%	10.2%
2018	13.4%	10.4%
2019	14.0%	10.8%
2020	12.2%	10.4%
2021	12.6%	10.2%
2022	11.5%	9.5%
2023	11.3%	9.5%
2024	11.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Chatham County, North Carolina	United States
2014	7.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.0/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.0/1k	16.6/1k

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