Overall, Raleigh’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Raleigh has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Raleigh has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Raleigh than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Raleigh may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Raleigh doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Raleigh is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.87% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Raleigh in 2022 was $19,301, which is lower middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $77,204 for a family of four. However, Raleigh contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Raleigh is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Raleigh home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Raleigh residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Raleigh include English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Raleigh is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Spanish.
