About Fuquay Varina

Fuquay Varina is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 25,105 people and just one neighborhood, Fuquay Varina is the 27th largest community in North Carolina.

Fuquay Varina is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fuquay Varina is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fuquay Varina who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.68%), sales jobs (11.79%), and management occupations (11.33%).

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

In Fuquay Varina, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.40 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Residents of Fuquay Varina by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.1% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Fuquay Varina may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

As is often the case in a small town, Fuquay Varina doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Fuquay Varina Information and Demographics

The education level of Fuquay Varina citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 27.95% of adults in Fuquay Varina have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fuquay Varina in 2000 was $22,463, 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 $89,852 for a family of four.

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

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