Best In North Carolina Real Estate™: The Triangle

Cumberland County, NC leads the Research Triangle in net household inflows — a 317-household net gain from a single county, according to ALEX Intelligence’s latest analysis of IRS 2022–23 data. This is not a fluke. It’s a structural shift: workers are moving from lower-cost, non-urban areas into the Triangle while remaining employed in tech, biotech, and education hubs. The data shows that migration isn’t just from big cities anymore — it’s from the state’s interior. This is how regional dominance is built: not by attracting the few, but by absorbing the many. Learn more: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-30-triangle-mig-net-partner Net Households Gained From a Single County, top 10 (ALEX Intelligence — U.S. Internal Revenue Service 2023) #1 Cumberland County, NC — 317 #2 Suffolk County, NY — 285 #3 Pitt County, NC — 257 #4 Maricopa County, AZ — 240 #5 Miami-Dade County, FL — 203 #6 Los Angeles County, CA — 190 #7 Broward County, FL — 187 #8 Fairfax County, VA — 179 #9 Nassau County, NY — 174 #10 Orange County, FL — 147 Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Slide 1: HangingCurve (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=83443630; Slide 2: Gaurav (CC BY 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=199451437; Slide 3: City of Durham NC from Durham, NC, USA (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=118456381; Slide 4: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States (CC0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=84600008 Source: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-30-triangle-mig-net-partner View and join any or all of our communities — AI, quantum, and real estate: https://alex-companies.com/reports/linkedin-groups If there's an AI, quantum, or real estate community you'd like to see us convene, tell us — this portfolio grows by request. Real Estate Strategy & Intelligence Leader. Democratized Blue Ocean Strategist & Operator. Diane Hart Alexander, MBA, MHA Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies Designated Broker, Alexander Tiffany Southwest, LLC dba ALEX.realestate, et.al. Texas License #574877-B · Broker License #565194-BB [email protected] · +1 713.591.9902