Triangle Area Real Estate News & Information

The Triangle area is known for a lot of things; college basketball, Research Triangle Park, and barbecue, to name a few.

But there are a lot of lesser-known things about this area that make up its culture and flavor. Here are eight fun facts about the Triangle:

 On the forefront of healthcare.

 Durham is home to a large number of medical-related companies. In fact,  there are more than 300 of them, and they have a combined annual  payroll of more than $1.2 billion.

 Cradle of technology.

 Research Triangle Park (RTP) is two miles wide and eight miles long, and is home to 136 companies involved in research and development. They employ 37,600 people in fields such as nanotechnology, pharmacology, biotechnology, information technology, and the environmental sciences.

Birthplace of public college.

The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill has the honor of being the oldest state university in the United States. 

Smart people.

More than 46 percent of the area’s population people over the age of 25 has a bachelor’s degree or higher, a higher percentage than any other area in the United States. Also, the area’s colleges and universities award about 42,000 degrees to graduates each year.

Really smart people.

There are a lot of Ph.Ds in the Triangle. Raleigh has the second-most residents with Ph.Ds in the nation, and neighboring Durham has the third. Also in Durham, an astounding 4.6 percent of the city has a Ph.D as of 2012. That’s just over 11,000 people.

Civil War history.

At the end of the Civil War, after General Lee had surrendered, two generals from each side – William Sherman from the Union, and General Joseph. E. Johnston from the Confederacy, met in Durham to sign the official terms of surrender.

Civil Rights history.

The Civil Rights Movement had some of its beginnings in Durham. Martin Luther King, Jr. made his first famous call for peaceful protests outside of the White Rock Baptist Church in 1960.

Fast growing.

People are moving to the Triangle by the thousands. In fact, the area grew by almost 42,000 people just in the last year, and this rate is expected to continue in the next five years. Another thing that makes the area so attractive is that Glassdoor ranked Raleigh as the best place in America to find a job.