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Population (year 2000): 16,782. Estimated
population in July 2005: 16,425 (-2.1% change)
Males: 8,164 (48.6%), Females: 8,618 (51.4%)
Orange County
Zip code:
27510
Median resident age: 28.1 years
Median household income: $33,527 (year 2000)
Median house value: $172,800 (year 2000)
Races in Carrboro:
- White Non-Hispanic (67.1%)
- Black (13.5%)
- Hispanic (12.3%)
- Other race (5.9%)
- Two or more races (2.4%)
- Chinese (1.9%)
- Asian Indian (1.3%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Korean (0.8%)
- Other Asian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (14.0%), English (13.9%),
Irish (12.9%), Italian (4.8%), United States (4.5%), Scottish
(4.0%).
Elevation: 460 feet
Land area: 4.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Carrboro
- High school or higher: 90.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 60.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 30.6%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Carrboro town
- Never married: 51.6%
- Now married: 35.1%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 2.9%
- Divorced: 8.2%
17.6% Foreign born (9.7% Latin America, 4.3%
Asia, 2.1% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +4,969 (+42.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Carrboro:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL (about 4
miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC)
- NORTH CAROLINA SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (about 14 miles;
DURHAM, NC)
- DURHAM REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; DURHAM,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Carrboro:
- RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (about 22 miles; RALEIGH/DURHAM,
NC; ID: RDU)
- DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 48 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID:
DAN)
- MOORE COUNTY (about 52 miles; PINEHURST/SOUTHERN
PINES, NC; ID: SOP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Carrboro:
- HORACE WILLIAMS (about 3 miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC; ID:
IGX)
- HURDLE FIELD (about 17 miles; MEBANE, NC; ID: 4W7)
- SANFORD-LEE COUNTY RGNL (about 24 miles; SANFORD,
NC; ID: TTA)
Amtrak station near Carrboro:
- 14 miles: DURHAM (400 W. CHAPEL HILL ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, taxi stand.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Carrboro:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (about
10 miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC; Full-time enrollment: 22,324)
- NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles;
DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 4,487)
- DUKE UNIVERSITY (about 14 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT
enrollment: 11,898)
- DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles;
DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,338)
- MEREDITH COLLEGE (about 28 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,173)
- CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
SANFORD, NC; FT enrollment: 2,400)
- WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 4,754)
Public primary/middle school in Carrboro:
- CARRBORO ELEMENTARY (Students: 555; Location:
400 SHELTON STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
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