Chapel Hill is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 48,796 people and 15 constituent neighborhoods, Chapel Hill is the 16th largest community in North Carolina.

Chapel Hill is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 93.56% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Chapel Hill is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chapel Hill who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.79%), teaching (14.11%), and management occupations (9.20%).

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.

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.

Of important note, Chapel Hill is also a town of artists. Chapel Hill has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Chapel Hill's character.

Chapel Hill is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Chapel Hill have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Chapel Hill's economy is one such example of this.

One of the benefits of Chapel Hill is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.38 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Chapel Hill Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Chapel Hill, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Chapel Hill is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 73.69% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Chapel Hill in 2000 was $24,133, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,532 for a family of four.

Chapel Hill is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chapel Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Chapel Hill is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chapel Hill include English, German, Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

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