Cary, NC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cary, NC: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 131,592. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CARY-NC · Cary, NC 4 ZIPs · 131,592 pop · #1579/25278 · Wake County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH
- INC-TOP $129,731
- RANK-TOP #1579/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Holly Springs
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 67% owners
- POP-MID 131,592
- SPREAD-MOD 27511→27519
- HOME-HIGH $569,725
Nearest income peer: Holly Springs, NC ( $742 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Cary
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cary on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Zebulon · lowest
Zebulon · lowest
$84,625 median HH income
- Morrisville · near
Morrisville · near
$118,417 median HH income
- Holly Springs · near
Holly Springs · near
$128,989 median HH income
- Cary · this city
Cary · this city
$129,731 median HH income
- Rolesville · near
Rolesville · near
$131,139 median HH income
- Wake Forest · near
Wake Forest · near
$133,743 median HH income
- Apex · highest
Apex · highest
$141,831 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cary, NC sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 6%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 131,592
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $129,731
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 4 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $129,731 and home value $569,725 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 69.2%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cary as a pure owner town.
Within North Carolina, Terrell is the closest lower-income city and Rolesville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cary.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Cary differ
Income is the clearest internal divide in Cary. ZIP 27511 reports $107,860 in median household income, while ZIP 27519 reports $165,586. The city average sits between those published endpoints, so it is a starting point rather than a substitute for the ZIP records.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.5×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.5×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 5 points
27511 to 27519
27511 to 27519
27519 to 27511
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Cary residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Cary: the largest, 27513, is only about 31% of 131,592 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Cary
Citywide ZBP: 5,201 establishments, 83,272 employees , annual payroll $7,023,923k (~40 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27511 (1,469 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (1,149) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .
ZIP Codes in Cary, NC
These ZIP codes sit in Wake County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Cary. See the Wake County roll-up →
Cary sits in the upper half of Wake County on income: Raleigh, Garner and Fuquay Varina report less, while Apex and Wake Forest report more. Zebulon marks the far end of that range at $84,625, 35% below Cary.
Side-by-side: Compare 27513 vs 27519 →
Cary roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Cary, .