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City in North Carolina

Durham, NC

Durham County

County seat of Durham County, North Carolina, United States.

Population
301,870 (2024)
Density
2,517 / sq mi
Land area
119.9 sq mi
Water area
0.8 sq mi
Elevation
404 ft
Founded
1869
Coordinates
35.9779, -78.8981

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Photos of Durham

  • 20080619 Activity Bus

    Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • 20080619 NC-147 from Fayetteville St SB

    Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • 2008-06-18 White GSD puppy on bridge sidewalk

    Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • 2003-11-22 Durham night skyline

    Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • 2008-07-23 Clothing donation box in Durham

    Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • 2008-07-23 Durham County EMS station 2

    Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • 2008-07-23 St Joseph's AME Church

    Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • 2008-07-23 ABC Store 2 in Durham 1

    Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Climate

July average high
91°F
January average low
32°F
Annual rainfall
46.1 in
Annual snowfall
5.2 in
  1. 52° 32° Jan 3.4"
  2. 56° 34° Feb 2.8"
  3. 63° 40° Mar 4.1"
  4. 73° 49° Apr 3.5"
  5. 80° 58° May 3.4"
  6. 87° 66° Jun 3.9"
  7. 91° 70° Jul 5.0"
  8. 89° 69° Aug 4.7"
  9. 83° 63° Sep 5.2"
  10. 73° 50° Oct 3.4"
  11. 63° 40° Nov 3.3"
  12. 55° 34° Dec 3.4"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Raleigh Ap (14 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Durham ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$79,234
Median rent
$1,412 / mo
Median home value
$355,300
Median age
34.8
Unemployment
4.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
55.7%
Poverty rate
12.2%
Renter-occupied homes
48.2%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
70
Students enrolled
44,085
Students per teacher
14.5 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
65.7%
Charter schools
21.4%
School districts serving the city
16

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Districts: Durham Public Schools, Maureen Joy Charter, Durham Charter School, Community School Of Digital And Visual A, Kestrel Heights School

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
37.4%
No leisure-time physical activity
22.9%
Adults with diabetes
10.9%
Adults who smoke
11.5%
Frequent mental distress
15.7%
Sleeping under 7 hours
35.2%
Adults without health insurance
10.5%
Routine checkup in past year
80.7%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
45.2%
Share of city that is parkland
4.4%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
12.4
Median air quality index (county)
42
Unhealthy air days (county)
0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
93.0%
Households with no internet
4.7%
Average commute
22.7 min
Work from home
20.6%
Commute by transit
2.2%
Commute on foot
2.3%
Commute by bike
0.5%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Durham County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 11 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Heat wave: relatively moderate
  • Tornado: relatively high
  • Riverine flooding: relatively moderate
  • Lightning: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 27517
  • 27560
  • 27701
  • 27703
  • 27704
  • 27705
  • 27707
  • 27708
  • 27712
  • 27713