Fuquay-Varina vs Raleigh

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

Fuquay-Varina 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 37,749 in Fuquay-Varina). Fuquay-Varina has the higher median household income ($111,447 vs $82,424 in Raleigh). Fuquay-Varina has the higher median home value ($410,600 vs $377,800 in Raleigh).

Population, income & housing

	Fuquay-Varina	Raleigh
Population	37,749	470,763
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,447	$82,424
Median home value	$410,600	$377,800
Median gross rent	$1,646	$1,468
Housing units	14,124	218,200
Homeownership rate	74.4%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	52.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fuquay-Varina	Raleigh
Population	27,426 → 37,749 (+37.6%)	464,485 → 470,763 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$79,000 → $111,447 (+41.1%)	$67,266 → $82,424 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$255,900 → $410,600 (+60.5%)	$248,300 → $377,800 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,646 (+41.9%)	$1,121 → $1,468 (+31.0%)

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

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)

	Fuquay-Varina	Raleigh
Under 5	7.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	18.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.1%
75 and over	4.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Raleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	51.4%
Black or African American	15.2%	27.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	3.3%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fuquay-Varina	Raleigh
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	15.0%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	37.6%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Raleigh
Drove alone	64.5%	65.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.2%	1.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	26.4%	23.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Raleigh
1-unit, detached	80.4%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	17.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fuquay-Varina	Raleigh
Poverty rate	8.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	2010	1996