Apex

Population & Demographics

Apex, NC

Apex is home to 70,630 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 34,995 resident workers commute each day.

North CarolinaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
70,630
people
Population

70,630 residents

Median age 36.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Apex population & demographics

Who lives in Apex — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
70,630
Median age
36.4yrs
Median household income
$144,135
Median home value
$576,100
Median gross rent
$1,902/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
69.5%
Poverty rate
2.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Apex

How Apex breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White61.7%
Asian19.5%
Black7.3%
Hispanic or Latino6.2%
Two or more races4.7%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Apex

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Apex.

Apex at a glance
Employed Residents
34,995
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
7.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
36.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Raleigh
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Apex 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 Apex 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.

56
Commute Score

56 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Apex

34,995 commutes, one dot at a time

Apex

Where 34,995 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Apex, by worker count.

1Raleigh14.9 mi8,017
2Cary4.9 mi5,270
3Durham17.4 mi4,439
4Apex0.0 mi2,738
5Charlotte115.8 mi1,399
6Morrisville7.7 mi1,249
7Chapel Hill16.2 mi1,098
8Holly Springs5.8 mi581

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Apex.

1Apex0.0 mi2,738
2Raleigh14.9 mi2,716
3Cary4.9 mi2,186
4Durham17.4 mi993
5Holly Springs5.8 mi880
6Fuquay-Varina10.6 mi626
7Charlotte115.8 mi381
8Garner14.9 mi276

Top industries

The sectors that employ Apex’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%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade18.7%
COConstruction12.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services12.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services9.6%
MFManufacturing7.4%
EDEducational Services6.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance6.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.7%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)5.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Apex

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps67%
See all internet providers in Apex

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).