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Fuquay-Varina town, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Fuquay-Varina town is a Census town of 40,485 people across 19.41 square miles of land, in Wake County. Median household income is $115,497, 74.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 72 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $45.2 m.
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Fuquay-Varina
What Fuquay-Varina is
- Census place typetown
- Land area19.41 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,085
- County holding the largest share of its areaWake County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fuquay-Varina
How many people live in Fuquay-Varina
- Population40,485
- Median age37.0
- Population under 1811,493
- Share under 1828.4 percent
- Population 65 and over5,802
- Share 65 and over14.3 percent
- Households14,366
- Family households10,736
- Share of households that are families74.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Fuquay-Varina
- Median household income$115,497
- Per capita income$44,813
- Civilian labor force19,718
- Employed19,002
- Unemployed716 plus or minus 229
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over26,383
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher54.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fuquay-Varina
- Housing units15,187
- Occupied units14,366
- Vacant units821 plus or minus 265
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied10,664
- Renter occupied3,702
- Ownership rate74.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$451,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,720
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.9 percent
- Single family units12,907
- Share single family85.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,160 plus or minus 518
- Share in buildings of two or more14.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Mobile homes120 plus or minus 81
- Median year structure built2011
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Fuquay-Varina gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute13,211
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,450
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,902
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more59.8 percent
- Drove alone61.9 percent
- Carpooled5.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.1
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home30.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fuquay-Varina
SBA 7(a) lending to Fuquay-Varina borrowers
- Approvals72
- Gross approval$45,164,800
- Average approval$627,289
- Median approval$300,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,619,900
- Largest approval$4,500,000
- Jobs supported1,305
- Jobs per approval18.1
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full7
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.9 percent
- Share to franchises37.5 percent
- Distinct lenders33
- Distinct industries by NAICS39
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Fuquay-Varina borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$20,457,000
- Average approval$2,557,125
- Median approval$2,784,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported203
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fuquay-Varina
Flood programme status in Fuquay-Varina
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number370239
- 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 Fuquay-Varina
Wake County context, not Fuquay-Varina 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 Fuquay-Varina 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 Fuquay-Varina. 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
Fuquay-Varina questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina?
40,485, in 14,366 households. Fuquay-Varina town covers 19.41 square miles of land, which is 2,085 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fuquay-Varina in?
Wake County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fuquay-Varina?
$115,497. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $451,500. Median gross rent is $1,720 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fuquay-Varina businesses?
72 7(a) approvals totalling $45.2 m, across 33 lenders, median approval $300,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $20.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fuquay-Varina, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fuquay-Varina borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fuquay-Varina. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Fuquay-Varina in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fuquay-Varina appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 370239, 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 Fuquay-Varina 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 Fuquay-Varina.
Is zoning published for Fuquay-Varina?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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