#2 Telecommuting City
Microsoft Corp., March 2010

City Comparisons

Location Population Median Age
Wake County, NC   866,410 34.5
Raleigh, NC 405,791 32.2
Cary, NC 134,000 36.6
Atlanta, GA 540,921 35.4
Austin, TX 786,382 31.4
Baltimore, MD 637,418 35.5
Boston, MA 645,169 33.1
Charlotte, NC 756,912 34.6
Jacksonville, FL 807,815 36.0
Nashville, TN 626,144 36.2
Orlando, FL 235,860 33.3
Richmond, VA 200,123 35.5
San Jose, CA 964,695 35.6

 

Location % Population
w/ Bachelor’s Degree*
Wake County, NC 47.0
Raleigh, NC 46.3
Cary, NC 61.9
Atlanta, GA 42.6
Austin, TX 42.6
Baltimore, MD 24.2
Boston, MA 41.3
Charlotte, NC 39.6
Jacksonville, FL 23.6
Nashville, TN 32.0
Orlando, FL 31.7
Richmond, VA 32.2
San Jose, CA 35.4

 

Location Median
Household Income
Wake County, NC 64,527
Raleigh, NC 53,926
Cary, NC 89,053
Atlanta, GA 47,464
Austin, TX 51,004
Baltimore, MD 39,083
Boston, MA 51,849
Charlotte, NC 53,125
Jacksonville, FL 49,784
Nashville, TN 46,029
Orlando, FL 44,287
Richmond, VA 38,385
San Jose, CA 79,796

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey

Location Median Home Price % Change
year-over-year
Raleigh-Cary MSA 222,900 Unchanged
Atlanta, GA 110,100 -4.8%
Austin, TX 182,500  0.2%
Baltimore, MD 234,900 -4.4%
Boston, MA 321,800 -10.7%
Charlotte, NC 171,400 -0.1%
Jacksonville, FL 144,900 -6.0%
Orlando, FL 131,600 -15.0%
San Jose, CA 560,000 24.4%

Source: National Association of Realtors, Q1-2010