Chapel Hill is an incorporated municipality in the counties of Orange and Durham, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 United States census, making Chapel Hill the 17th-most populous municipality in the state. Chapel Hill and Durham make up the Durham–Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 608,879 in 2023. When it is combined with Raleigh, the state capital, they make up the corners of the Research Triangle, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
Southeast
Chapel Hill
Durham County, NC
Population
58,919
Walk Score
82 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,419
Median home value
$537,100
Founded
1793
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Meadowmont · listed 1985
- Chapel Hill Historic District · listed 1971
- Chapel Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) · listed 2015
- Gimghoul Neighborhood Historic District · listed 1993
- Old Chapel Hill Cemetery · listed 1994
- Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District · listed 1989
- Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2008
- West Chapel Hill Historic District · listed 1998
- West Chapel Hill Historic District · listed 2019
Notable landmarks
- Leigh Farm · listed 1975
- Little Creek Site (31 DH 351) · listed 1985
- Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House · listed 2005
- Carolina Inn · listed 1999
- Chapel Hill Town Hall · listed 1990
- Chapel of the Cross · listed 1972
- Hogan, Alexander, Plantation · listed 1996
- Nash, Arthur C. and Mary S.A., House · listed 2017
- Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Naval Armory at UNC-Chapel Hill · listed 2024
- Old East, University of North Carolina · listed 1966
- Playmakers Theatre · listed 1971
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