Humidity & wind
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Population
63,565
US Census estimate, July 2025
Median home value
$613,700
Owner-occupied units
Chapel Hill, NC
North Carolina · 35.928° N, 79.041° W · 22 sq mi
Chapel Hill is a city in North Carolina, with a population of 63,565 and about 2,937 residents per square mile. The median household earns $85,989 a year, and the median home is worth $613,700.
Conditions
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Local time
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Size & density
Land area
22 sq mi
Water excluded
Population density
2,937
People per square mile
Rank by population
#673
Of cities on this site
Rank by area
#613
Of cities on this site
Money & housing
Median household income
$85,989
US median ≈ $78,538
Median gross rent
$1,613
Per month
Homeownership
47.4%
US ≈ 65%
Average commute
19.5 min
One way
People
Median age
25.8
US median 39.1
Bachelor's degree +
76.6%
Age 25 and over
Foreign born
15.3%
Households
21,189
2.38 people each
What people here do for work
Education & health care 39.7%
Professional & business services 17.4%
Arts, food & hospitality 13%
Retail trade 7.8%
Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024
Wealthiest person in North Carolina
Name
James Goodnight
Forbes, Apr 2025
Net worth
$9.8B
As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live
Lives in
Cary
Source of wealth
Software
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
Largest employer in North Carolina · private sector
Employer
Atrium Health
Sector
Healthcare
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.
Largest public company in North Carolina
Company
Bank of America
Revenue
$192.4B
Fiscal year 2024
Headquarters
Charlotte
Ticker
BAC
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
State of North Carolina
State bird
Northern Cardinal
State flower
Flowering Dogwood
State capital
Raleigh
Nickname
The Tar Heel State
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Cities near Chapel Hill
- Durham, NC9 mi · 305,561
- Cary, NC16 mi · 183,582
- Apex, NC17 mi · 80,419
- Holly Springs, NC22 mi · 50,288
- Raleigh, NC23 mi · 506,306
- Burlington, NC26 mi · 61,496
- Wake Forest, NC30 mi · 58,147
- Greensboro, NC45 mi · 308,667
Cities about the same size
- Marietta, GA63,574
- Moore, OK63,609
- Lynwood, CA63,512
- West Hartford, CT63,620
- Smyrna, TN63,321
- Wylie, TX63,842
- Herriman, UT63,282
- Brookline, MA63,266
More in North Carolina
- Charlotte964,784
- Winston-Salem257,271
- Fayetteville209,120
- Wilmington126,809
- High Point120,571
- Concord114,598
- Greenville96,443
- Asheville93,523