Cary is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 94,530 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Cary is the seventh largest community in North Carolina.

Cary is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.28% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cary is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cary who work in management occupations (17.00%), computer science and math (12.64%), and sales jobs (12.29%).

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

One thing noticeable about Cary, although not a huge town, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Cary is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Cary a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Cary is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

One notable thing about Cary is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Cary is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 98% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Cary Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Cary is a pretty powerful place. 60.70% of the adults in Cary have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Cary in 2000 was $32,974, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,896 for a family of four. However, Cary contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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