|
Population (year 2000): 48,715. Estimated
population in July 2005: 49,543 (+1.7% change)
Males: 21,961 (45.1%), Females: 26,754 (54.9%)
Zip codes:
27514,
27516.
Median resident age: 24.0 years
Median household income: $39,140 (year 2000)
Median house value: $229,100 (year 2000)
Races in Chapel Hill:
- White Non-Hispanic (76.1%)
- Black (11.4%)
- Hispanic (3.2%)
- Chinese (3.0%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- Asian Indian (1.6%)
- Other race (1.2%)
- Korean (1.1%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Japanese (0.5%)
Ancestries: English (15.6%), German (15.1%),
Irish (10.4%), Scotch-Irish (4.9%), Italian (4.7%), Scottish
(4.6%).
Land area: 19.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Chapel Hill
- High school or higher: 94.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 73.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 40.5%
- Unemployed: 4.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Chapel Hill town
- Never married: 56.6%
- Now married: 33.7%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 3.6%
- Divorced: 4.9%
11.2% Foreign born (5.2% Asia, 2.7% Europe, 2.1%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +10,204
(+26.5%).
Hospital/medical center in Chapel Hill:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL (101
MANNING DRIVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Chapel Hill:
- NORTH CAROLINA SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (about 11 miles;
DURHAM, NC)
- DURHAM REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; DURHAM,
NC)
- DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; DURHAM,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Chapel Hill:
- RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (about 19 miles; RALEIGH/DURHAM,
NC; ID: RDU)
- DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 49 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID:
DAN)
- POPE AFB (about 53 miles; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; ID: POB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Chapel Hill:
- HORACE WILLIAMS (about 1 miles; CHAPEL HILL, NC; ID:
IGX)
- HURDLE FIELD (about 19 miles; MEBANE, NC; ID: 4W7)
- SANFORD-LEE COUNTY RGNL (about 24 miles; SANFORD,
NC; ID: TTA)
Amtrak station near Chapel Hill:
- 11 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 in Chapel Hill:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
(Full-time enrollment: 22,324; Location: 103 S BLDG CB
9100; Public; Website: www.unc.edu; Offers Doctor's
degree)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-GEN ADMIN
(Location: 910 RALEIGH RD; Public; Website:
www.northcarolina.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Chapel Hill:
- NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles;
DURHAM, NC; Full-time enrollment: 4,487)
- DUKE UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT
enrollment: 11,898)
- DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles;
DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,338)
- MEREDITH COLLEGE (about 25 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,173)
- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH (about 30
miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 23,918)
- SHAW UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,299)
- WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles;
RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 4,754)
Public high schools in Chapel Hill:
- CHAPEL HILL HIGH (Students: 1,775; Location:
1709 HIGH SCHOOL RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- EAST CHAPEL HILL HIGH (Students: 1,591;
Location: 500 WEAVER DAIRY ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- NEW CENTURY CHARTER HIGH (Students: 106;
Location: 1315-A NEW HOPE TRACE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Chapel Hill:
- GUY PHILLIPS MIDDLE (Students: 711; Location:
606 ESTES DRIVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
- NORTH CHATHAM ELEMENTARY (Students: 669;
Location: 3380 LYSTRA ROAD; Grades: PK - 08)
- C AND L MCDOUGLE MID (Students: 662;
Location: 900 OLD FAYETTEVILLE RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MARY SCROGGS ELEMENTARY (Students: 638;
Location: 501 KILDARE DRIVE; Grades: KG - 05)
- R D AND EUZELLE SMITH MIDDLE (Students: 622;
Location: 9201 SEAWELL SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- GREY CULBRETH MIDDLE (Students: 608;
Location: 225 CULBRETH RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- C AND L MCDOUGLE ELEM (Students: 595;
Location: 890 OLD FAYETTEVILLE ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- FRANK P GRAHAM ELEMENTARY (Students: 562;
Location: 101 SMITH LEVEL ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- ESTES HILLS ELEMENTARY (Students: 532;
Location: ESTES DR; Grades: KG - 05)
- ELIZABETH SEAWELL ELEM (Students: 510;
Location: 9115 SEAWELL SCHOOL RD; Grades: PK - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Chapel Hill:
- ST THOMAS MORE SCH (Students: 450; Location:
920 CARMICHAEL STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- EMERSON WALDORF SCHOOL (Students: 230;
Location: 6211 NEW JERICHO ROAD; Grades: PK - 8)
- MONTESSORI DAY SCHOOL (Students: 70;
Location: 1165 WEAVER DAIRY RD; Grades: PK - 4)
- ARTGARDEN MONTESSORI CHILDREN' (Students: 22;
Location: 1603 E FRANKLIN ST; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Chapel Hill:
- CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$1,737,109; Location: 100 LIBRARY DRIVE; 128,694 books;
6,970 audio materials; 7 video materials; 210 serial
subscriptions)
|
