Apex vs Raleigh

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

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

Raleigh has the higher population (470,763 vs 67,765 in Apex). Apex has the higher median household income ($138,442 vs $82,424 in Raleigh). Apex has the higher median home value ($514,800 vs $377,800 in Raleigh).

Population, income & housing

	Apex	Raleigh
Population	67,765	470,763
Median age	36.0 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$138,442	$82,424
Median home value	$514,800	$377,800
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,468
Housing units	25,148	218,200
Homeownership rate	75.3%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.6%	52.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apex	Raleigh
Population	51,370 → 67,765 (+31.9%)	464,485 → 470,763 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$111,435 → $138,442 (+24.2%)	$67,266 → $82,424 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$327,800 → $514,800 (+57.0%)	$248,300 → $377,800 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,380 → $1,784 (+29.3%)	$1,121 → $1,468 (+31.0%)

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

Raleigh

Population

464,485470,763

Median household income

$67,266$82,424

Median home value

$248,300$377,800

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apex	Raleigh
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	18.8%
35 to 44	18.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.1%
75 and over	2.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apex	Raleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	51.4%
Black or African American	8.1%	27.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	16.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apex	Raleigh
No high school diploma	2.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	9.2%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apex	Raleigh
Drove alone	58.5%	65.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.1%	1.3%
Walked	2.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	32.5%	23.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apex	Raleigh
1-unit, detached	67.6%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	17.7%
20 or more units	7.6%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Apex	Raleigh
Poverty rate	2.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	2007	1996