Point-in-Time Data | 2026
Preliminary 2026 Point-In-Time Count
The Point-in-Time (PIT) Count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. HUD requires that CoCs conduct an annual count of people experiencing homelessness who are sheltered in emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Safe Havens on a single night. CoCs also must conduct a count of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness every other year (odd numbered years). Each count is planned, coordinated, and carried out locally.
The Housing Inventory Count (HIC) is a point-in-time inventory of provider programs within a CoC that provide beds and units dedicated to serve people experiencing literal homelessness (and, for permanent housing projects, where homeless at entry, per the HUD homeless definition), categorized by five Program Types: Emergency Shelter; Transitional Housing; Rapid Re-housing; Safe Haven; and Permanent Supportive Housing.
Data for the PIT count and HIC are submitted to HUD via the online data submission Homelessness Data Exchange (HDX).
The preliminary numbers below illustrate the scope of homelessness in Wake County.
The 2026 Point-In-Time Count was conducted on January 22, 2026.
Overall Homeless Households
| Totals | |||||
| Total on PIT Night | Sheltered Total | Unsheltered | Emergency Shelter | Transitional Housing | |
| Households | 966 | 673 | 293 | 629 | 44 |
| Persons | 1,150 | 843 | 307 | 771 | 72 |
| Chronic Persons (Total) |
298 | 201 | 97 | 201 | 0 |
| Veteran Totals | |||||
| Veteran Totals on PIT Night | Sheltered Total | Unsheltered | Emergency Shelter | Transitional Housing | |
| Households | 44 | 29 | 15 | 26 | 3 |
| Persons | 46 | 31 | 15 | 28 | 3 |
| Chronic Persons (Veteran Households) |
18 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| Unaccompanied Youth Totals | |||||
| UAY on PIT Night | Sheltered Total | Unsheltered | Emergency Shelter | Transitional Housing | |
| Households | 47 | 35 | 12 | 31 | 4 |
| Persons | 47 | 35 | 12 | 31 | 4 |
| Chronic Persons (Veteran Households) |
10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Parenting Youth Totals | |||||
| ParY on PIT Night | Sheltered Total | Unsheltered | Emergency Shelter | Transitional Housing | |
| Households | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Persons | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chronic Persons (Veteran Households) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Special Populations | |||||
| PIT Night Totals | Sheltered Total | Unsheltered | Emergency Shelter | Transitional Housing | |
| Adults with a Serious Mental Illness | 287 | 224 | 63 | 208 | 16 |
| Adults with a Substance Use Disorder | 145 | 94 | 51 | 86 | 8 |
| Adults with HIV/AIDS | 15 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Adult Survivors of Domestic Violence (optional) | 59 | 44 | 15 | 42 | 2 |
| Sheltered | Unsheltered | Total | % of total | |||
| Emerg Shelt | Transitional Housing | Sheltered Total | Unsheltered | |||
| Under 18 (Children) | 108 | 23 | 131 | 0 | 131 | 11% |
| 18-24 (Youth) | 37 | 9 | 46 | 14 | 60 | 5% |
| 25-34 (Adult) | 147 | 6 | 153 | 50 | 203 | 18% |
| 35-44 | 141 | 12 | 153 | 82 | 235 | 20% |
| 45-54 | 116 | 8 | 124 | 61 | 185 | 16% |
| 55-64 | 142 | 5 | 147 | 61 | 208 | 18% |
| 65+ years | 53 | 9 | 62 | 15 | 77 | 7% |
| Unknown Ages | 27 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 4% | |
| Sheltered | Unsheltered | |||||
| Emerg Shelt | Transitional Housing | Sheltered Total | ||||
| Total Persons | 771 | 72 | 843 | 307 | 1150 | |
| Total Children (under 18) | 108 | 23 | 131 | 0 | 131 | |
| Total Youths (18-24) | 37 | 9 | 46 | 14 | 60 | |
| Total Adults (25+) | 599 | 40 | 639 | 269 | 908 | |
| Unknown Ages | 27 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 51 | |
| Race and Ethnicity (only adults) | Sheltered | Sheltered | Sheltered Total | Unsheltered |
| ES | TH | |||
| American Indian, Alaska Native, or Indigenous | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| American Indian, Alaska Native, or Indigenous & Hispanic/Latina/o | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Asian or Asian American | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Asian or Asian American & Hispanic/Latina/o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black, African American, or African | 486 | 60 | 546 | 141 |
| Black, African American, or African & Hispanic/Latina/o | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Hispanic/Latina/o | 12 | 1 | 13 | 18 |
| Middle Eastern or North African | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Middle Eastern or North African & Hispanic/Latina/o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander & Hispanic/Latina/o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| White | 181 | 9 | 190 | 99 |
| White & Hispanic/Latina/o | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Multi-Racial & Hispanic/Latina/o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multi-Racial (not Hispanic/Latina/o) | 17 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| Client Doesn’t Know/Prefers Not to Answer | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Unknown | 38 | 0 | 38 | 40 |