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Apex town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Apex town is a Census town of 70,630 people across 26.91 square miles of land, lying across Wake County and Chatham County. Median household income is $144,135, 76.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 120 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $79.2 m.
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Apex
What Apex is
- Census place typetown
- Land area26.91 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,624
- County holding the largest share of its areaWake County, 97.8 percent
- Counties this place lies inWake County 97.8 percent, Chatham County 2.2 percent
Apex town crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Apex
How many people live in Apex
- Population70,630
- Median age36.4
- Population under 1820,532
- Share under 1829.1 percent
- Population 65 and over6,696
- Share 65 and over9.5 percent
- Households25,235
- Family households19,553
- Share of households that are families77.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Apex
Income and work in Apex
- Median household income$144,135
- Per capita income$60,473
- Civilian labor force38,043
- Employed36,595
- Unemployed1,448 plus or minus 578
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over46,327
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher69.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree30.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Apex
Housing in Apex
- Housing units26,500
- Occupied units25,235
- Vacant units1,265 plus or minus 476
- Vacancy rate4.8 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied19,314
- Renter occupied5,921
- Ownership rate76.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$576,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,902
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.8 percent
- Single family units22,130
- Share single family83.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,256
- Share in buildings of two or more16.1 percent
- Mobile homes114 plus or minus 77
- Median year structure built2008
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Apex
How Apex gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute23,289
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,073
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more8,403
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.1 percent
- Drove alone55.1 percent
- Carpooled5.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.1
- Walked2.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home36.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Apex
SBA loans in Apex (7(a))
- Approvals120
- Gross approval$79,227,800
- Average approval$660,232
- Median approval$325,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,847,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,622
- Jobs per approval13.5
- Loans with a final outcome15
- Paid in full15
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.7 percent
- Share to franchises40.8 percent
- Distinct lenders41
- Distinct industries by NAICS58
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Apex
SBA loans in Apex (504)
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$22,211,000
- Average approval$1,306,529
- Median approval$915,000
- Largest approval$4,942,000
- Jobs supported251
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Apex
Flood risk in Apex
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370467
- Currently effective map date07/19/22
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Wake County, not Apex
Wake County context, not Apex figures
These are Wake County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Apex measurements.
- Establishments in Wake County33,873
- Employment at those establishments, Wake County556,250
- Covered employment, Wake County653,153
- Average annual pay, Wake County$76,807
- Average weekly wage, Wake County$1,477
- Housing units permitted, Wake County15,248
- Of those, single family, Wake County9,620
- County product, 2024, Wake County$128,428,188,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wake County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wake County$88,162
Every figure in this section is published for Wake County as a whole and is not a measurement of Apex. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Apex questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Apex, North Carolina?
70,630, in 25,235 households. Apex town covers 26.91 square miles of land, which is 2,624 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Apex in?
Apex lies in more than one. By area it is 97.8 percent in Wake County, 2.2 percent in Chatham County. This page sits under Wake County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Apex?
$144,135. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $576,100. Median gross rent is $1,902 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Apex businesses?
120 7(a) approvals totalling $79.2 m, across 41 lenders, median approval $325,000, plus 17 504 approvals worth $22.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Apex, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Apex borrowers get paid back?
Of the 15 loans that have reached a final outcome, 15 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Apex in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Apex appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370467, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Apex figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wake County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Apex.
Is zoning published for Apex?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.