Fuquay-Varina vs Holly Springs

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

Fuquay-Varina 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.

Holly Springs has the higher population (43,429 vs 37,749 in Fuquay-Varina). Holly Springs has the higher median household income ($132,435 vs $111,447 in Fuquay-Varina). Holly Springs has the higher median home value ($485,500 vs $410,600 in Fuquay-Varina).

Population, income & housing

	Fuquay-Varina	Holly Springs
Population	37,749	43,429
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,447	$132,435
Median home value	$410,600	$485,500
Median gross rent	$1,646	$1,858
Housing units	14,124	15,171
Homeownership rate	74.4%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	67.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fuquay-Varina	Holly Springs
Population	27,426 → 37,749 (+37.6%)	34,874 → 43,429 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$79,000 → $111,447 (+41.1%)	$112,029 → $132,435 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$255,900 → $410,600 (+60.5%)	$320,900 → $485,500 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,646 (+41.9%)	$1,416 → $1,858 (+31.2%)

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

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)

	Fuquay-Varina	Holly Springs
Under 5	7.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	26.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	16.3%	17.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.9%
75 and over	4.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Holly Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	74.2%
Black or African American	15.2%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fuquay-Varina	Holly Springs
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	15.0%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.6%	41.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Holly Springs
Drove alone	64.5%	63.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	26.4%	30.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Holly Springs
1-unit, detached	80.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fuquay-Varina	Holly Springs
Poverty rate	8.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.78	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	2010	2008