Chapel Hill
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Outdoors in Chapel Hill
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About Chapel Hill
Town in the United StatesChapel Hill is an incorporated municipality in the counties of Orange and Durham, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 United States census, making Chapel Hill the 17th-most populous municipality in the state. Chapel Hill and Durham make up the Durham–Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 608,879 in 2023. When it is combined with Raleigh, the state capital, they make up the corners of the Research Triangle (officially the Raleigh–Durham–Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area), which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023. Chapel Hill was founded in 1793 and is centered on Franklin Street, covering 21.3 squar…
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How Chapel Hill ranks
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Housing in Chapel Hill
The typical Chapel Hill home is worth about $631,000, down 0.7% in a year, 88% above the North Carolina typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Chapel Hill
Safety Grade C
Chapel Hill reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 69% report less. Within North Carolina, it does better than 65% of towns.
Schools in Chapel Hill
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The public schools Chapel Hill’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 81% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NC. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Chapel Hill is
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