Census tract rankings · North Carolina

Highest-income census tracts in North Carolina

Median household income for owner- and renter-occupied households combined. The Census Bureau top-codes household income at $250,001, so many of the wealthiest tracts hit the ceiling and we tiebreak on per-capita income. Filtered to North Carolina, ranked among all tracts in the state.

Note: ties broken by per-capita income.

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Rank	Tract	County	household income
#1	Tract 27.01	Mecklenburg, NC	$250,000+
#2	Tract 28	Mecklenburg, NC	$250,000+
#3	Tract 27.02	Mecklenburg, NC	$250,000+
#4	Tract 30.20	Mecklenburg, NC	$250,000+
#5	Tract 538.03	Wake, NC	$250,000+
#6	Tract 210.07	Union, NC	$250,000+
#7	Tract 210.06	Union, NC	$250,000+
#8	Tract 539.02	Wake, NC	$240,083
#9	Tract 58.46	Mecklenburg, NC	$236,486
#10	Tract 210.17	Union, NC	$230,938
#11	Tract 210.16	Union, NC	$228,942
#12	Tract 210.09	Union, NC	$224,545
#13	Tract 64.04	Mecklenburg, NC	$224,375
#14	Tract 20.08	Durham, NC	$221,250
#15	Tract 34.02	Mecklenburg, NC	$221,000
#16	Tract 539.01	Wake, NC	$211,447
#17	Tract 535.23	Wake, NC	$211,389
#18	Tract 537.21	Wake, NC	$207,799
#19	Tract 614.06	Iredell, NC	$204,559
#20	Tract 534.10	Wake, NC	$204,323
#21	Tract 104.04	Guilford, NC	$202,708
#22	Tract 516	Wake, NC	$201,906
#23	Tract 536.04	Wake, NC	$201,729
#24	Tract 537.20	Wake, NC	$199,457
#25	Tract 532.11	Wake, NC	$198,854
#26	Tract 120.12	New Hanover, NC	$198,636
#27	Tract 413.07	Cabarrus, NC	$195,959
#28	Tract 29.05	Mecklenburg, NC	$195,541
#29	Tract 22.01	Mecklenburg, NC	$194,671
#30	Tract 20.20	Durham, NC	$193,449
#31	Tract 62.19	Mecklenburg, NC	$191,413
#32	Tract 526.01	Wake, NC	$191,389
#33	Tract 534.11	Wake, NC	$189,721
#34	Tract 530.10	Wake, NC	$187,944
#35	Tract 538.04	Wake, NC	$187,162
#36	Tract 112.04	Orange, NC	$184,954
#37	Tract 63.05	Mecklenburg, NC	$184,541
#38	Tract 107.06	Orange, NC	$183,214
#39	Tract 121.02	Orange, NC	$182,321
#40	Tract 535.09	Wake, NC	$181,602
#41	Tract 210.20	Union, NC	$181,250
#42	Tract 538.08	Wake, NC	$180,897
#43	Tract 62.16	Mecklenburg, NC	$180,128
#44	Tract 58.48	Mecklenburg, NC	$180,000
#45	Tract 530.06	Wake, NC	$178,750
#46	Tract 210.19	Union, NC	$178,636
#47	Tract 158	Guilford, NC	$177,713
#48	Tract 534.09	Wake, NC	$175,910
#49	Tract 534.26	Wake, NC	$174,149
#50	Tract 536.03	Wake, NC	$174,063
#51	Tract 538.06	Wake, NC	$173,889
#52	Tract 530.05	Wake, NC	$173,750
#53	Tract 210.21	Union, NC	$173,438
#54	Tract 534.28	Wake, NC	$173,215
#55	Tract 118	New Hanover, NC	$172,500
#56	Tract 58.32	Mecklenburg, NC	$172,292
#57	Tract 210.18	Union, NC	$171,875
#58	Tract 62.18	Mecklenburg, NC	$171,250
#59	Tract 63.11	Mecklenburg, NC	$170,625
#60	Tract 537.19	Wake, NC	$170,326
#61	Tract 540.21	Wake, NC	$170,048
#62	Tract 21.01	Buncombe, NC	$170,000
#63	Tract 59.08	Mecklenburg, NC	$169,297
#64	Tract 59.26	Mecklenburg, NC	$168,947
#65	Tract 125.11	Guilford, NC	$168,688
#66	Tract 20.30	Durham, NC	$168,606
#67	Tract 122.01	Orange, NC	$168,250
#68	Tract 58.47	Mecklenburg, NC	$166,806
#69	Tract 534.15	Wake, NC	$165,972
#70	Tract 534.24	Wake, NC	$165,598
#71	Tract 534.34	Wake, NC	$165,146
#72	Tract 542.17	Wake, NC	$164,542
#73	Tract 25.01	Forsyth, NC	$164,423
#74	Tract 534.25	Wake, NC	$163,878
#75	Tract 20.08	Mecklenburg, NC	$163,646
#76	Tract 30.19	Mecklenburg, NC	$163,235
#77	Tract 58.43	Mecklenburg, NC	$162,743
#78	Tract 25.02	Forsyth, NC	$161,625
#79	Tract 58.62	Mecklenburg, NC	$160,878
#80	Tract 538.05	Wake, NC	$160,682
#81	Tract 518	Wake, NC	$159,460
#82	Tract 324.04	Gaston, NC	$158,850
#83	Tract 542.22	Wake, NC	$158,787
#84	Tract 532.02	Wake, NC	$158,750
#85	Tract 542.21	Wake, NC	$158,722
#86	Tract 58.64	Mecklenburg, NC	$158,625
#87	Tract 517	Wake, NC	$158,205
#88	Tract 201.03	Chatham, NC	$158,160
#89	Tract 538.07	Wake, NC	$157,969
#90	Tract 537.12	Wake, NC	$157,500
#91	Tract 39.08	Forsyth, NC	$157,375
#92	Tract 58.63	Mecklenburg, NC	$157,120
#93	Tract 402.10	Johnston, NC	$156,944
#94	Tract 415.05	Cabarrus, NC	$156,675
#95	Tract 534.22	Wake, NC	$156,538
#96	Tract 325.09	Gaston, NC	$156,250
#97	Tract 29.07	Mecklenburg, NC	$155,949
#98	Tract 117.03	New Hanover, NC	$155,441
#99	Tract 534.08	Wake, NC	$155,417
#100	Tract 64.03	Mecklenburg, NC	$154,974

The US Census Bureau caps reported median household income at $250,000. Tracts shown as “$250,000+” exceed that ceiling by an amount the Census does not publish, so their exact values (and the order among them) cannot be distinguished.