Cameron Village
Cameron Village is the rare Raleigh address where you can walk to a bookstore, a wine bar, and a third date without retrieving your car. NC State sits next door, which means Hillsborough Street hums with twenty-somethings, cheap tacos, and the occasional Wolfpack roar drifting over rooftops. The shopping core, now rebranded The Village District, though no local calls it that, delivers patios, boutiques, and a Whole Foods that doubles as Tinder in produce form. Rents skew higher than the zip suggests, but you are paying for proximity. Expect grad students, young professionals, and a steady churn of dates who actually showed up on foot.
Cameron Village by the numbers
Cameron Village runs female-leaning, about 35% men to 65% women.
Median individual income in Cameron Village is about $45,500.
North Carolina registers voters by party, and in Wake County unaffiliated voters are the largest bloc at about 45%, with Democrats 34% and Republicans 21%.
The median renter in Cameron Village pays about $1,670 a month.
About 3,100 Cameron Village residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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North Carolina Museum of Art
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Whiskey Kitchen
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JC Raulston Arboretum
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Tazza Kitchen Village District
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Village Draft House
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ORO
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Raleigh Little Theatre
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Haraz Coffee House
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Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park
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Vinos Finos Tapas and Wine Bar
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ComedyWorx
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Cinnaholic
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Gussie's
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North Carolina Museum of Art West Building
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Napa Bistro & Wine Bar - Glenwood Place
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Krave
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Mr. Henry
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Foxcroft Food & Wine - Raleigh
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The Bend Bar
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Wolfe & Porter