Name Origin
Named for the Church of England New Hope Chapel, which once stood atop the hill’s crossroads.
Nickname
The Southern Part of Heaven
Area
21.1 square miles
Population
51,519
Unemployment Rate
3.6 percent Orange County
Average Apartment Rent
$720
Average Price of Homes
$342,000
Median Family Income
$88,000 (regional average: $69,000)
Percentage of Chapel Hillians who drive to work
71 percent (regional average: 92 percent)
Median Age of Residents
30.4
Major Employers
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- UNC Hospitals
- Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NC
The Community Program
An interesting site about Chapel Hill developed by the Weiss Urban Livability Program is located at: Chapel Hill and Carrboro: A Unique Place to Live. Its goal is to promote for current and prospective residents the "urban livability" of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area by documenting some of the interesting, but often obscure or unseen historical, natural, visible, and inhabited features of our community.