Holly Springs vs Raleigh

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

Holly Springs 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 43,429 in Holly Springs). Holly Springs has the higher median household income ($132,435 vs $82,424 in Raleigh). Holly Springs has the higher median home value ($485,500 vs $377,800 in Raleigh).

Population, income & housing

	Holly Springs	Raleigh
Population	43,429	470,763
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$132,435	$82,424
Median home value	$485,500	$377,800
Median gross rent	$1,858	$1,468
Housing units	15,171	218,200
Homeownership rate	83.4%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	52.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holly Springs	Raleigh
Population	34,874 → 43,429 (+24.5%)	464,485 → 470,763 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$112,029 → $132,435 (+18.2%)	$67,266 → $82,424 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$320,900 → $485,500 (+51.3%)	$248,300 → $377,800 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,416 → $1,858 (+31.2%)	$1,121 → $1,468 (+31.0%)

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

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)

	Holly Springs	Raleigh
Under 5	6.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	26.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	18.8%
35 to 44	17.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.1%
75 and over	2.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holly Springs	Raleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	51.4%
Black or African American	7.9%	27.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	7.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holly Springs	Raleigh
No high school diploma	4.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	7.9%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	41.4%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.3%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holly Springs	Raleigh
Drove alone	63.2%	65.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	30.5%	23.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holly Springs	Raleigh
1-unit, detached	80.2%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	17.7%
20 or more units	4.3%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Holly Springs	Raleigh
Poverty rate	4.4%	11.4%
Average household size	3.01	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	2008	1996