The City of Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill at a glance

Orange County Top Employers

  • Aramark Food And Supply Services Gr
  • Hr Prime Llc
  • Harris Teeter Inc
  • General Electric Corp
  • Buffalo Wild Wings
  • PHE Inc
  • Food Lion Llc
  • Wal-Mart Associates Inc
  • AKG Of America Inc
  • Carol Woods Retirement Community

Chapel Hill, home of the state’s flagship university, has nearly 50,000 residents, half of them students at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Nicknamed the “Southern Part of Heaven” for its leafy setting, mild weather and tolerant attitude, Chapel Hill is most famous for Carolina basketball.

Who lives here?
  • Current population 51,586
  • Median age 27.7
  • 73.9 percent white
  • 11.4 percent black
  • 10.6 percent Asian
  • 3.9 percent Hispanic or Latino of any race
  • Median household income is $44,300
  • Bachelors degrees or higher are held by 74.3 percent of the population over 25

*Source: Claritas, Inc. 2008

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