South · North Carolina · pop 296K
Durham, NC
Good match
at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.
Personalize this score →After estimated taxes in NC, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,128 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,250 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,468 left over.
Expect summer highs near 89°F, winter lows around 31°F, and about 211 sunny days a year.
The job market looks healthy: 3.3% unemployment and 2.5% job growth over the past year.
Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.
The Durham fit print
Est. monthly cost
$3,660/mo
Typical rent
$1,470/mo
Home value ÷ income
5.5×
Score breakdown
The data behind the score
Money (Census ACS · HUD)
- Median gross rent
- $1,380/mo
- HUD fair market rent (2BR)
- $1,470/mo
- Median home value
- $405,000
- Median household income
- $74,000
- Population
- 296,000
Work (BLS)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3%
- Job growth (1yr)
- 2.5%
Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)
- Violent crime rate
- 750
- Property crime rate
- 3,600
Climate (NOAA normals)
- Avg. summer high
- 89°F
- Avg. winter low
- 31°F
- Sunny days / year
- 211
- Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
- ≈13/yr
- Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
- ≈64/yr
- Unhealthy air days
- ≈5/yr
- Annual rain
- 46"
- Annual snow
- 5"
Community & access (approx.)
- 2024 county margin
- D+63
- Int'l airport
- ≈15 mi
- Walkability
- 30/100
- Disaster risk
- 44/100
Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.
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