Apex vs Holly Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Apex and Holly Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Apex and Holly Springs 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 43,429 in Holly Springs). Apex has the higher median household income ($138,442 vs $132,435 in Holly Springs). Apex has the higher median home value ($514,800 vs $485,500 in Holly Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Apex	Holly Springs
Population	67,765	43,429
Median age	36.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$138,442	$132,435
Median home value	$514,800	$485,500
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,858
Housing units	25,148	15,171
Homeownership rate	75.3%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.6%	67.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apex	Holly Springs
Population	51,370 → 67,765 (+31.9%)	34,874 → 43,429 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$111,435 → $138,442 (+24.2%)	$112,029 → $132,435 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$327,800 → $514,800 (+57.0%)	$320,900 → $485,500 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,380 → $1,784 (+29.3%)	$1,416 → $1,858 (+31.2%)

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

Holly Springs

Population

34,87443,429

Median household income

$112,029$132,435

Median home value

$320,900$485,500

Median gross rent

$1,416$1,858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apex	Holly Springs
Under 5	6.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.5%	26.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	18.0%	17.8%
45 to 54	15.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	5.7%	5.9%
75 and over	2.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apex	Holly Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	74.2%
Black or African American	8.1%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	16.5%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apex	Holly Springs
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	9.2%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	41.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apex	Holly Springs
Drove alone	58.5%	63.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	32.5%	30.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apex	Holly Springs
1-unit, detached	67.6%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	7.6%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Apex	Holly Springs
Poverty rate	2.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.83	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	2007	2008