Compare Chapel Hill, NC vs North Carolina (NC) vs United States

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Metric	Chapel Hill, NC Town	North Carolina (NC) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	61,607	10,730,404	334,922,499
Rent	$1,613	$1,228	$1,413
Year built	1988	1991	1980
Household income	$85,989	$72,388	$80,734
Per capita income	$51,406	$41,385	$44,673
Poverty rate	18.6%	13.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.6%	4.0%
Household size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	57.4%	44.7%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	61,607	10,730,404	334,922,499
Adults over 25	31,795	7,380,330	230,807,303
Total households	21,189	4,282,345	129,227,496
Household size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$85,989	$72,388	$80,734
Per capita income	$51,406	$41,385	$44,673
Poverty rate	18.6%	13.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.6%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	57.4%	44.7%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,613	$1,228	$1,413
Year built	1988	1991	1980
Households that rent	52.6%	33.4%	34.8%
Households that own	47.4%	66.6%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.0	5.6	5.5
Race
White	64.9%	61.8%	61%
Black	11.4%	20.3%	12.2%
Asian	13.4%	3.3%	6%
Two or more races	6.7%	8.3%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	11.3%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	92.4%	88.7%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	71.9%	83.7%	84.9%
Commute time to work	20.0 min	25.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	28.1%	16.3%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	10.9%	27.2%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	7.2%	24.8%	26%
Some college or associate degree	5.3%	12.3%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	76.6%	35.7%	35.7%