Fuquay-Varina vs Wake Forest

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

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

Wake Forest has the higher population (51,199 vs 37,749 in Fuquay-Varina). Wake Forest has the higher median household income ($120,777 vs $111,447 in Fuquay-Varina). Wake Forest has the higher median home value ($435,000 vs $410,600 in Fuquay-Varina).

Population, income & housing

	Fuquay-Varina	Wake Forest
Population	37,749	51,199
Median age	36.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,447	$120,777
Median home value	$410,600	$435,000
Median gross rent	$1,646	$1,458
Housing units	14,124	18,824
Homeownership rate	74.4%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fuquay-Varina	Wake Forest
Population	27,426 → 37,749 (+37.6%)	42,111 → 51,199 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$79,000 → $111,447 (+41.1%)	$92,210 → $120,777 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$255,900 → $410,600 (+60.5%)	$297,300 → $435,000 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,160 → $1,646 (+41.9%)	$1,117 → $1,458 (+30.5%)

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

Wake Forest

Population

42,11151,199

Median household income

$92,210$120,777

Median home value

$297,300$435,000

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,458

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Wake Forest
Under 5	7.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.8%
75 and over	4.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Wake Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	65.6%
Black or African American	15.2%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fuquay-Varina	Wake Forest
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	15.0%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.6%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Wake Forest
Drove alone	64.5%	68.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.4%	25.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fuquay-Varina	Wake Forest
1-unit, detached	80.4%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	6.3%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fuquay-Varina	Wake Forest
Poverty rate	8.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.78	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	2010	2007