Cities / North Carolina / Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

58,919 people

Right Now

Air Quality (PM2.5, Buncombe County)

Good

Nearest reporting area, 25.6 mi away. Preliminary and may be revised. Source: EPA AirNow.

Active Weather Alerts

Small Craft Advisory (statewide feed)

Nearest Major Airport

TYS

73 mi — McGhee Tyson Airport

Small Craft Advisory — Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM
Small Craft Advisory — Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM

Population & People

Population

58,919

Median age

—

Median household income

—

Poverty rate

—

Unemployment rate

—

Bachelor's degree+

—

Avg. commute

—

Hispanic or Latino

—

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Housing & Rent

Median home value

—

Median gross rent

—

Homeownership rate

—

HUD FMR — 2 bedroom

$1,171

HUD Fair Market Rent (North Carolina statewide average across 100 areas — not specific to Chapel Hill), 2026. Efficiency $940, 1BR $990, 2BR $1171, 3BR $1511, 4BR $1796. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.

Energy

North Carolina commercial electricity

10.25¢/kWh

North Carolina industrial electricity

7.8¢/kWh

North Carolina residential electricity

14.02¢/kWh

Economy

Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

893762.5

Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

682393.2

All-Transactions House Price Index for North Carolina

707.79

Unemployment Rate

3.6%

Source: FRED, North Carolina-specific series.

Nearby Airports

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

111 mi away

GSO

Piedmont Triad International Airport

155 mi away

Sources & Data: National Weather Service (weather, alerts), EPA AirNow (air quality), U.S. Census Bureau (population, housing), HUD (Fair Market Rent), U.S. Energy Information Administration (North Carolina energy prices), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (North Carolina economic indicators), OurAirports (airport directory).