Population & Demographics
Durham, NC
Durham is home to 291,467 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 132,699 resident workers commute each day.
291,467 residents
Median age 35.1. Total population of Durham, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Durham population & demographics
Who lives in Durham — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
These figures are for Durham proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Durham commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Durham
132,699 commutes, one dot at a time
Durham
Where 132,699 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Durham, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Durham.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Durham’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Durham
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).