Locals will tell you Durham does it different. Its unique cultural offerings coupled with storied treasures like the Carolina Theatre—home to the internationally recognized Full Frame Documentary Film Festival—make Durham diverse, quirky and authentic in ways that other places just can’t match.

ACCOLADES
#1 Place to Live and Work (Employment Review)
#1 Best City for Jobs (Forbes)
#2 Best Area to Start a Business (Forbes)
#4 City for Entrepreneurs & Small Business
(National Policy Research Council)
Top Ten Hubs for Creative Class (Fast Company)
Top 5 Towns Where People Most Love to Eat (Food & Wine)
#1 Best Cities for Education (Forbes)
#1 Boomtown in America (Business 2.0)
#2 Healthiest City for Women (American Health for Women)
#2 Best Green Cities (Country Home)
#3 Most Enlightened City (Utne Reader)

POPULATION GROWTH
The downtown residential population is expected to increase four times in the next 18 months. Downtown’s population has already quadrupled since 1998.

DOWNTOWN EMPLOYMENT
400 businsses and 16,000 employees with an average salary of $56,000

VISITORS