Wake County, NC

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Are you planning on moving to Wake County,County Public
NC? Well, in that case, you've come to the rightSchool System, Rex Healthcare (The hospital
place. In this article, you'll find a summary of somesystem), SAS Institute, Wake County
important information about Wake County.Government, Progress Energy, and the City of
Wake County BasicsRaleigh.
Wake county is the second most denselyThe median household income for Wake County
populated county in the state, with about threeis $54,988, and the median family income is
quarters of a million residents. The county seat of$67,149. Both of those figures are from the 2000
Wake County is Raleigh, which is also the Northcensus, so the figures may have changed slightly
Carolina state capital.since then.
Wake County PoliticsWake County Real Estate
The voters in Wake County are Republican, butReal estate in the Wake County area can be
only by a very narrow margin. Of the last twelveexpensive, depending on the area. The average
presidential elections, Wake County votedvalue for owner occupied houses in the Raleigh
Republican in nine of them. However, most of theArea was $113,560. That, of course, includes the
election margins were only a few percent.luxury neighborhoods as well as the low income
Business In Wake Countyneighborhoods.
If you're looking for employment in the WakeAs with most localities, you can probably find a
County area, you have a large, healthy economyhome in your price range by picking the right area.
to find a job within. Wake county's largestWake county boasts everything from city living
employers are The State of North Carolina, Northto more rural options, as you move away from
Carolina State University, The InternationalRaleigh.