Apex vs Fuquay-Varina

A side-by-side comparison of Apex and Fuquay-Varina: population, income, housing, and more.

Apex and Fuquay-Varina are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Apex has the higher population (67,765 vs 37,749 in Fuquay-Varina). Apex has the higher median household income ($138,442 vs $111,447 in Fuquay-Varina). Apex has the higher median home value ($514,800 vs $410,600 in Fuquay-Varina).

Population, income & housing

	Apex	Fuquay-Varina
Population	67,765	37,749
Median age	36.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$138,442	$111,447
Median home value	$514,800	$410,600
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,646
Housing units	25,148	14,124
Homeownership rate	75.3%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.6%	52.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apex	Fuquay-Varina
Population	51,370 → 67,765 (+31.9%)	27,426 → 37,749 (+37.6%)
Median household income	$111,435 → $138,442 (+24.2%)	$79,000 → $111,447 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$327,800 → $514,800 (+57.0%)	$255,900 → $410,600 (+60.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,380 → $1,784 (+29.3%)	$1,160 → $1,646 (+41.9%)

Apex

Population

51,37067,765

Median household income

$111,435$138,442

Median home value

$327,800$514,800

Median gross rent

$1,380$1,784

Fuquay-Varina

Population

27,42637,749

Median household income

$79,000$111,447

Median home value

$255,900$410,600

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apex	Fuquay-Varina
Under 5	6.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	23.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	18.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.4%
75 and over	2.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apex	Fuquay-Varina
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	67.2%
Black or African American	8.1%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	16.5%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apex	Fuquay-Varina
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	9.2%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apex	Fuquay-Varina
Drove alone	58.5%	64.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	32.5%	26.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apex	Fuquay-Varina
1-unit, detached	67.6%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	7.6%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Apex	Fuquay-Varina
Poverty rate	2.6%	8.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	2007	2010