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Cary NC Welcome Kit- Cary Map, Cary facts
CARY
The Best Place
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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Technology Town
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With its quiet, tree-lined streets, well-groomed subdivisions and growing
economy, Cary has repeatedly ranked among the top places in the country to live,
to work, to find a home, to start a business, to raise a family or retire. Named
Best Place To Live in the East by Money magazine in 2004, Cary is noted as the
Technology Town of North Carolina, due to the large number of residents with
computer and Internet access. With more than fourteen major universities within
an hour’s drive and famed Research Triangle Park just down the road, that’s no
surprise.
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More than 43 percent of Cary residents are employed in professional specialty
jobs and executive, administrative, and managerial positions. A highly educated
labor pool – more than two thirds of adults hold a college degree -- and low
unemployment rate make for a thriving economy. Cary ranked the fifth safest of
350 large cities nationally and the safest in the South during 2003.
Housing choices range from a suburban neighborhood overlooking a small lake to
country estates. Homes are priced from $120,000 in Park Village to the
$250,000-to-$750,000 range in Lochmere. |
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NEIGHBORHOOD
| Population: 107,472 |
| City Limits:
42 sq. mil. |
| Neighborhood Description:
Urban |
| Average Home Qualities
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Home Price: $207,000 |
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Age: 16 yrs. |
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Sq. Ft: 2,201 sq/ft
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Lot Size: 0.70 acres |
| Wake County Unemployment
Rate: 2.9% |
| Median Family Income:
$77,410 |
| College Graduates: 61% |
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SCHOOLS
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Local |
State |
National |
| Student-Teacher Ratio |
17:1 |
14:1 |
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| Avg Class Size (first
grade) |
23 |
22 |
19 |
| Avg Class Size (eighth
grade) |
28 |
24 |
23 |
| Avg SAT Math |
540 |
494 |
512 |
| Avg SAT Verbal |
522 |
481 |
504 |
| % students attending
4-year colleges |
54% |
44% |
43% |
| % students attending
junior colleges |
31% |
34% |
27% |
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| Cary students score considerably higher than
the state and national averages on SAT tests and are more likely to attend a
four-year college.
The percentage of college graduates in Cary is significantly higher than the
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ATTRACTIONS
Public
Parks and Trails abound in Cary with more than 20 public parks and 20
miles of trails.
The
Amphitheatre at Regency Park is Cary’s state-of-the-art performance
center. Situated in the trees by a lake, the amphitheatre features concerts by
the North Carolina symphony and top-notch pop, rock and country musicians, as
well as weekly outdoor movies in fair weather.
Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival has become one of the South's premier
festivals with 500 vendors each August.
The annual Jimmy V
Celebrity Golf Classic draws big names from the sporting and
entertainment worlds to raise money for cancer research.
Cary has one of the top soccer complexes in the nation with
SAS Soccer Park, home of
The Carolina Courage of the Women's United Soccer Association.
The Page-Walker Arts & History Center was built as a hotel in 1868 by
town founder Allison Francis Page and is listed on the National Register for
Historic Places. The center is alive with classes, events, performances,
meetings and receptions and the gallery exhibitions feature works of local and
regional artists.
This playful sculpture greets visitors to the Cary Chamber of Commerce.
LINKS OF INTEREST
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