Greater Triangle Area

RALEIGH   DURHAM   CHAPEL HILL    CARY   MORRISVILLE   APEX   HOLLY SPRINGS   GARNER  WAKE FOREST

With Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill forming corner of Research Triangle Park, this area exploded in population growth during last several years and continious to grow as one of the fastest areas in USA. Other towns and municipalities include Cary, Morrisville, Apex, Holly Springs, Fuquay Varina, Garner, Clayton and Wake Forest.  

Over 1.3 million residents now make up the Triangle's diverse population and continue to add ~5% annually. The reasons behind such growth are a great quality of life, a low crime rate, affordable housing, top-notch educational institutions, some of the best healthcare facilities in the world, a diverse industry base, superb climate and family friendly environment. Located in the Heart of North Carolina, the Triangle area is ideally situated between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic Coast.  It takes about 1.5 hours to get to sandy beaches of Wilmington and 3 hours the picturesque Biltmore Estate in Asheville.

Triangle area is famous for its lakes, parks and world renowned golf courses. There are over 20 unique golf courses in the Triangle Area and you can learn more on this site.

Jobs are concentrated around Research Triangle Park (RTP) and three nationally renowned research universities Duke University, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University. RTP is the largest planned research park in the United States, consisting of 45,000 employees on 7,000 acres. Some of the most notable tenants include Glaxo, IBM, Cisco Systems, EPA, Ericsson, Talecris and Nortel.

In 2000, Money.com rated the Triangle as the Best Place to live and work in the South. Since 2003 Raleigh and Cary consistently ranked as top 10 places to live in USA due to low unemployment rate, low crime and low housing expenses.  Housing prices in the Triangle range from $100,000 to $2,000,000 with average home price of $247K.