Chapel Hill is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 62,098 people and 26 associated neighborhoods, Chapel Hill is the 15th largest community in North Carolina.

Chapel Hill home prices are not only among the most expensive in North Carolina, but Chapel Hill real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

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

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Chapel Hill has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 24.95% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Chapel Hill is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local Chapel Hill culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. Chapel Hill really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In Chapel Hill every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and Chapel Hill. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. Chapel Hill benefits directly from this.

Not only is Chapel Hill a town with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill 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.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Chapel Hill use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Chapel Hill‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Chapel Hill. 77.43% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Chapel Hill in 2022 was $47,631, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $190,524 for a family of four. However, Chapel Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Chapel Hill is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chapel Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chapel Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Chapel Hill include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Chapel Hill's cultural character, accounting for 15.98% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Chapel Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.