Apex vs Holly Springs
Apex, NC compared with Holly Springs, NC · 5 miles apart
Apex has 80,419 residents to Holly Springs’s 50,288. Apex comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, average commute. Holly Springs does better on homeownership, unemployment.
| Apex, NC | Holly Springs, NC | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 80,419 | 50,288 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 2,955 | 2,545 |
| Median household income | $144,135 | $135,578 |
| Median home value | $576,100 | $535,800 |
| Median rent | $1,902 | $2,021 |
| Homeownership | 76.5% | 80.6% |
| Average commute | 25.2 min | 28.8 min |
| Median age | 36.4 | 36.5 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 69.5% | 67.3% |
| Poverty rate | 2.2% | 4.8% |
| Unemployment | 3.8% | 3.4% |
| Price to income | 4× | 4× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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