ZIP 27517 · Chapel Hill
Who lives in ZIP code 27517 (Chapel Hill, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Chapel Hill, NC · Chatham County
uszips 2026
People29,564
Median age43.4
Household income$128,683
Home value$605,256
Median rent$1,638/mo
Poverty5.6%
College degree+74.1%
Commute21 min
Place
- Metro area
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Wider region
- Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 248 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 12,608
Spans 3 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
24.7% are 65 or older; 81.0% are adults.
Household income
58.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $57,834.
Education (adults 25+)
56.1% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
11.6% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 57.4%
- Never married
- 28.9%
- Divorced
- 8.6%
- Widowed
- 5.1%
- Family size
- 2.91
- Dual-income families
- 50.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 67.4%
- Rent burden
- 31.2%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 59.8%
- Unemployment
- 2.5%
- Self-employed
- 18.6%
- Farmers
- 0.4%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 47.9%
- Veterans
- 5.1%
- With a disability
- 11.0%
- No health insurance
- 6.8%
- Limited English
- 2.5%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.