Wake County, North Carolina Basics:
Wake County North Carolina - Government Site
Population: 952,143
Area: 835 square miles
County seat: Raleigh
Area code(s) in use: 919
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 47.6%
Median household income: $65,826
Persons in poverty: 10.9%
Home ownership rate: 65.8%
Mean travel time to work: 23.5 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Chatham Durham Franklin Granville Harnett Johnston Nash