Metro · Density Score
Durham–Chapel Hill, NC
Metro area in North Carolina
80 Combined score #6 of 127 metros
- Economic
- 96 #4 of 127
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 69 #13 of 127
Durham–Chapel Hill ranks #6 overall, #13 in Startup & VC and #4 in Economy among 127 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #5 of 127: Tech share of jobs: 7.3%
- #6 of 127: 1.1 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #6 of 121: 0.91 startup exits per year per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $77M #12 of 127
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 4.8 #7 of 127
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.1 #6 of 127
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.91 #6 of 121
- GDP per person
- $114K #10 of 127
- Patents per 100k people
- 97 #11 of 122
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 699 #18 of 127
- Tech share of jobs
- 7.3% #5 of 127
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -143 #80 of 127
Some of this metro’s inputs are estimated or still pending.
