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About Durham
City in North Carolina, United StatesDurham ( DURR-əm) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, being the county seat of Durham County, with outskirts of the city limits also extending into Orange County and Wake County. Durham is the 4th-most populous city in North Carolina and 70th-most populous city in the United States with a population of 283,506 at the 2020 census. The four-county Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area has an estimated 620,000 residents, while the greater Research Triangle area has a population of over 2.37 million people. The city is located in the east-central part of the Piedmont region along the Eno River. A railway depot was established in 1849 on land donated by Bartlett S. Durham, the eponym o…
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How Durham ranks
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Housing in Durham
The typical Durham home is worth about $390,000, down 3.4% in a year, 16% above the North Carolina typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Durham
Safety Grade D
Durham reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 94% report less.
Health in Durham
Health Grade A−
Healthier than 75% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with North Carolina
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 17 are too close to call.
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Schools in Durham
All Durham schools →School Grade C
The public schools Durham’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 69% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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.
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