West Durham
West Durham is the Duke side of the ledger: Ninth Street, Erwin Mills, and the leafy blocks that absorb medical residents, grad students, and faculty who never quite left. The date geometry is gentler than downtown. Coffee at Cocoa Cinnamon, a walk through Duke Gardens, dinner somewhere on Ninth that has survived three rebrands. The crowd reads younger and more academic, with the predictable upside (curious conversation) and downside (turnover every May). Rents are softer than the revitalized core but not soft, and the housing stock rewards anyone willing to share a porch with a roommate or two.
West Durham by the numbers
West Durham is roughly balanced, about 49% men to 51% women.
Median individual income in West Durham is about $44,800.
North Carolina registers voters by party, and Durham County is about 50% Democratic to 9% Republican, with a near-equal 41% Unaffiliated bloc - a deep-blue Research Triangle county.
The median renter in West Durham pays about $1,540 a month.
About 12,600 West Durham residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Durham Performing Arts Center
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Farmside Kitchen - Durham RTP
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Local 22 Kitchen & Bar
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Lakewood Social
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Bluestone Grille
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Omie's Coffee Shop and Roastery
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Vessel Coffee House & Art Cafe
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Narrative Coffee Company
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MilkShake Factory Downtown Durham
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Rubies on Five Points
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Mid-Bloom Coffee, LLC
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Nomadas Coffee
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Alimentari at Mothers & Sons
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State of Golf
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Remy's Lounge
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V & E Simonetti Historic Tuba Collection
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