A wonderful mix of urban convenience and hometown character, Durham, North Carolina is situated between in the Eastern Piedmont, approximately halfway between the Blue Ridge Mountains and North Carolina's pristine coastal beaches. At last count, Durham is the home to about 198,000 residents who have access to some of the nation's most attractive and diverse cultural, educational and natural amenities. Durham is the fourth largest city in North Carolina, and is nicknamed the City of Medicine, USA, known for its innovations in the medical field. Durham is home to world renowned Duke University, a bustling center of cultural & educational activity.

Durham is home to Research Triangle Park, Duke and North Carolina Central universities, and many medical, diet and fitness centers.

• Year Durham County Created: 1881
• Year Durham Became A Place: 1823
• City Population: 198,400
• County Population: 227,034
• Number Of Lodging Properties: Durham has over 60 lodging facilities
• Number Of Guest Rooms: Durham has more than 7,300 guest rooms
• Meeting & Event Space: Durham has 300,000 net square feet of meeting space in major hotel convention centers, several conference facilities, and unique meeting venues including the Durham Civic Center Complex with 120,000 usable square feet.
  

Economic Impact Of Durham Visitors:

• 5.2 million visitors spend $521.5 million each year
• More than 4,000 conventions and meetings with more than 150,000 delegates
• 2,000 visitor sector businesses and organizations
• Almost 10,000 visitor-supported jobs
  Learn more about the importance of the visitor sector, and the travel and tourism industry
  

• Taxi cab - Average cost of a cab from RDU International Airport to Downtown Durham, $29-$30
• Durham Area Transit - Average cost of riding a City bus, 75 cents and 35 cents for those persons under the age of 18 or 65 years of age or older (transfers are free)
• Triangle Transit - Triangle Transit has a distance-based fare system, where the farther you travel, the more you pay. Fares usually range from $1.50 to $2.00.
• Airport: RDU International Airport, located 12.5 miles from downtown Durham

• 299-square mile single-city county
• 25 miles long, 16 miles wide and 28 miles from corner to corner and one of the most compact counties in North Carolina at one-half to one-third the land area of neighboring counties
• 98,000 acres of hardwood and evergreen forests including the only remaining old growth Piedmont bottomland forests
• 7,800 acres of cropland... hills and dales, meandering rivers and streams, several lakes
  
• 26 rare plant species and several rare species of birds and animals

EDUCATION

Research Triangle Park:

A 7,000-acre Southeast Durham-based, special county research and production district, encompassed by the city of Durham and served by Durham postal substation, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. More than 140 major research companies employing more than 44,000.

Treyburn:

A 5,300-acre corporate park, country club and residential area in Northeast Durham. Companies like Organon Teknika and Becton Dickinson and more than 100 families call Treyburn home.