ZIP 27516 · Chapel Hill
Who lives in ZIP code 27516 (Chapel Hill, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Chapel Hill, NC · Orange County
uszips 2026
People47,358
Median age36.9
Household income$106,353
Home value$564,330
Median rent$1,564/mo
Poverty15.8%
College degree+72.8%
Commute24 min
Place
- Metro area
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Wider region
- Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 196 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 17,503
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
14.9% are 65 or older; 78.3% are adults.
Household income
53.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $47,108.
Education (adults 25+)
58.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
8.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 49.7%
- Never married
- 39.1%
- Divorced
- 8.7%
- Widowed
- 2.5%
- Family size
- 3.04
- Dual-income families
- 57.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 70.7%
- Rent burden
- 45.3%
- Men / women
- 48% / 53%
Work
- In labor force
- 63.0%
- Unemployment
- 6.8%
- Self-employed
- 19.7%
- Farmers
- 0.5%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 40.6%
- Veterans
- 4.1%
- With a disability
- 7.2%
- No health insurance
- 4.9%
- Limited English
- 2.5%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.