Chapel Hill is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 48,796 people and 15 constituent neighborhoods, Chapel Hill is the 16th largest community in North Carolina.

Chapel Hill is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 93.56% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Chapel Hill is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chapel Hill who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.79%), teaching (14.11%), and management occupations (9.20%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Chapel Hill has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Also of interest is that Chapel Hill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Chapel Hill is also a town of artists. Chapel Hill has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Chapel Hill's character.

In addition, Chapel Hill is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local Chapel Hill culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. Chapel Hill really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In Chapel Hill every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and Chapel Hill. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. Chapel Hill benefits directly from this.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.38 minutes getting to work every day.

Chapel Hill Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Chapel Hill, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Chapel Hill is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 73.69% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Chapel Hill in 2000 was $24,133, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,532 for a family of four.

Chapel Hill is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chapel Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Chapel Hill is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chapel Hill include English, German, Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Chapel Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.