Apex, North Carolina demographics

Apex, NC demographics: median age 36.4; 69.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Apex town, North Carolina · Incorporated town · GEOID 3701520. The survey estimates a population of 70,630 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Apex is 36.4 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.2 years. There are 25,235 households (±700). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	36.4 ±1.2	39.1 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 70,630
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Under 18	20,532 ±1,299	29.1% ±1.8 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	12,961 ±1,125	18.4% ±1.6 pp	22.9%	22.8%
35–64	30,441 ±1,529	43.1% ±2.2 pp	38.2%	38.0%
65 and older	6,696 ±608	9.5% ±0.9 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 70,630
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Male	34,459 ±795	48.8% ±1.1 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	36,171 ±791	51.2% ±1.1 pp	51.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 70,630
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
White alone	44,657 ±2,301	63.2% ±3.3 pp	61.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	5,212 ±1,419	7.4% ±2.0 pp	20.3%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	134 ±98 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.9%
Asian alone	13,777 ±1,435	19.5% ±2.0 pp	3.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	29 ±37 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,149 ±367	1.6% ±0.5 pp	5.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	5,672 ±1,119	8.0% ±1.6 pp	8.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 70,630
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	66,254 ±738	93.8% ±1.0 pp	88.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4,376 ±740	6.2% ±1.0 pp	11.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 25,235
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Married-couple family	16,660 ±594	66.0% ±1.5 pp	47.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	657 ±221	2.6% ±0.9 pp	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,236 ±383	8.9% ±1.5 pp	12.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	4,478 ±492	17.7% ±1.9 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,204 ±255	4.8% ±1.0 pp	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 25,235
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Households with people under 18	12,043 ±539	47.7% ±1.7 pp	29.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	13,192 ±937	52.3% ±3.4 pp	70.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 25,235
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	4,478 ±492	17.7% ±1.9 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	7,494 ±775	29.7% ±3.0 pp	35.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	5,479 ±681	21.7% ±2.6 pp	15.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	5,414 ±621	21.5% ±2.4 pp	11.8%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,717 ±421	6.8% ±1.7 pp	5.0%	5.9%
Six-person households	527 ±240	2.1% ±0.9 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	126 ±78 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 70,630
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Native	56,324 ±1,390	79.7% ±2.0 pp	90.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	14,306 ±1,394	20.3% ±2.0 pp	9.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 66,320
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
English only	50,406 ±1,670	76.0% ±2.4 pp	86.5%	77.7%
Spanish	2,542 ±542	3.8% ±0.8 pp	8.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	118 ±72 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	229 ±180 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	565 ±302 · low precision	0.9% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	4,571 ±786	6.9% ±1.2 pp	1.2%	2.0%
Korean	441 ±229 · low precision	0.7% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	1,472 ±484	2.2% ±0.7 pp	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	206 ±170 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	32 ±33 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	5,119 ±1,264	7.7% ±1.9 pp	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	331 ±278 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	288 ±214 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 46,327
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	795 ±242	1.7% ±0.5 pp	9.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,114 ±779	8.9% ±1.7 pp	24.8%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	5,191 ±687	11.2% ±1.5 pp	19.6%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	4,020 ±766	8.7% ±1.6 pp	10.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	18,070 ±1,116	39.0% ±2.3 pp	22.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14,137 ±1,005	30.5% ±2.1 pp	13.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 69,667
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Same house	60,911 ±1,457	87.4% ±2.0 pp	87.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	3,932 ±804	5.6% ±1.2 pp	5.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,592 ±610	2.3% ±0.9 pp	3.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	2,384 ±854	3.4% ±1.2 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	848 ±421	1.2% ±0.6 pp	0.6%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

3.5% of Apex residents (±0.7 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.9% in North Carolina and 8.4% nationally. 97.0% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Apex	North Carolina	U.S.	Compared with North Carolina
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	3.5% ±0.7 pp	9.9%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	97.0% ±3.6 pp	90.1%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.7% ±0.9 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Apex . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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