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Durham, NC real estate and demographic information

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Durham zip codes27701, 27706, 27703, 27704, 27503, 27712, 27707, 27713, 27705, 27572

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Durham, NC Information

About Durham

Durham is a relatively large city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 187,183 people and 54 constituent neighborhoods, Durham is the fourth largest community in North Carolina.

Durham is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Durham is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Durham who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.21%), management occupations (9.17%), and sales jobs (8.63%).

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

Durham is a nice balance between life in a moderately big city and the interesting diversions and culture that come from having a big college student population. The thousands of students who arrive on campus every fall will find that Durham has plenty of amenities and opportunities for them, while residents of Durham enjoy the lectures, music, art, and economic trickle-down that colleges typically provide. "Town and Gown" complement each other in Durham!

Durham Information and Demographics

The education level of Durham citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 41.75% of adults in Durham have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Durham in 2000 was $22,526, 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 $90,104 for a family of four.

Durham is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Durham home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Durham is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Durham include English, German, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Durham is English. Some people also speak Spanish.