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Durham County, North Carolina
Durham County anchors the northern point of the Research Triangle, built around the city of Durham, Duke University, and former tobacco warehouses now filled with biotech and tech offices. University and life-science employment sustain strong demand for downtown lofts and infill, but Falls Lake watershed protection rules cap density across northern Durham County, pushing new building toward the city core and the Research Triangle Park corridor.
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Durham County at a glance
- 347,000Population (2025)
- DurhamCounty seat
- 288 sq miLand area
- 1,205 / sq miDensity
- $82,000Median household income
- $390,000Median home value
What the live Durham County map shows
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- City Boundaries: 2
- School Boundaries - Elementary: 28
- School Boundaries - Middle: 10
- School Boundaries - High: 11
- School Boundaries: 7
- Residential: 62
- Commercial: 72
- Zoning: 78
- Traffic Counts: 415
- Airport Overlay: 2
- City Council Wards: 5
- Congressional Districts: 2
- Emergency Services: 33
- Flood Zones: 3
- HUD: 97
- Opportunity Zones: 7
- Parks & Golf: 96
- Schools: 87
- Shelters: 21
- Soils: 106
- State House Districts: 11
- State Senate Districts: 6
- Townships: 6
- Urban Growth Boundary: 1
- Zip Codes: 23
- Development News: 2
Cities and towns in Durham County
Chapel Hill, Durham.
Neighboring counties
- Orange County, NC · map
- Granville County, NC · map
- Wake County, NC · map
- Person County, NC · map
- Chatham County, NC · map