Wake County, NC parcel and infrastructure data API

Parcel coverage in Wake County

About 440,000 parcel records with boundaries, situs addresses and parcel numbers, with the latest source update from August 2026. Each record has a stable korzy_id you can store and look up again with /api/parcel-record. Share of records with each field:

Owner name and mailing address are returned with include_owner=true, which doubles a request's cost: a parcel record costs 2 credits instead of 1. 99% of Wake County records carry an owner name.

Infrastructure in and around Wake County

Example requests for Wake County

Real responses from the production API, trimmed to the main fields. Every request needs an API key with api:read; see authentication and credits and limits.

1. Find a parcel by address

/api/search matches 2304 HILLSBOROUGH ST, RALEIGH, NC and returns the parcel's korzy_id, coordinates and record. 1 credit.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'q=2304 HILLSBOROUGH ST, RALEIGH, NC' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/search

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.korzy.co/api/search",
    params={"q": "2304 HILLSBOROUGH ST, RALEIGH, NC"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
parcel = response.json()["results"][0]
print(parcel["korzy_id"], parcel["longitude"], parcel["latitude"])

{
  "results": [
    {
      "korzy_id": "37183-a18c4295290bf3664953",
      "address": "2304 HILLSBOROUGH ST",
      "city": "RALEIGH",
      "postcode": "27607",
      "county": "Wake",
      "statefp": "37",
      "longitude": -78.66618558988388,
      "latitude": 35.78758805,
      "match_type": "exact",
      "parcelid": "0794910704",
      "parceladdr": "2304 HILLSBOROUGH ST",
      "parcelcity": "RALEIGH",
      "situs_zip": "27607",
      "usedesc": "C",
      "land_use_code": "COM",
      "yearbuilt": 2016,
      "bldgsqft": 32147,
      "building_count": 2,
      "taxacres": 0.21,
      "totalvalue": 9236920,
      "land_value_usd": 2476416,
      "improvement_value_usd": 6760504,
      "saledate": "1989-08-17",
      "saleamt": 225000,
      "updated": "2026-05-17",
      "geoid": "37183"
    }
  ],
  "truncated": false
}

With include_owner=true (2 credits) the record adds owner fields, shown here as placeholders:

{
  "owner_name": "EXAMPLE HOLDINGS LLC",
  "owner_mailing_address": "100 EXAMPLE ST, SAMPLE CITY, ST 00000"
}

2. Look up the parcel at a point

/api/query/point returns every parcel whose boundary covers the coordinates; here it returns the same record, 37183-a18c4295290bf3664953, in records. 1 credit per 10 records requested.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'longitude=-78.666186' \
  --data-urlencode 'latitude=35.787588' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point

const params = new URLSearchParams({"longitude": "-78.666186", "latitude": "35.787588", "limit": "5"});
const response = await fetch(`https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.KORZY_API_KEY}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Korzy API ${response.status}`);
const { records } = await response.json();
console.log(records.map((record) => record.korzy_id));

3. Check nearby data-center projects

/api/datacenters/context lists data-center projects within 10 km of the point, nearest first. 1 credit per 10 records requested.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'longitude=-78.666186' \
  --data-urlencode 'latitude=35.787588' \
  --data-urlencode 'radius_km=10' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=3' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/datacenters/context

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.korzy.co/api/datacenters/context",
    params={"longitude": "-78.666186", "latitude": "35.787588", "radius_km": "10", "limit": "3"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
for project in response.json()["projects"]:
    print(project["name"], project["status"], project["distance_km"])

{
  "projects": [
    {
      "project_id": "dc_2d5986069aa831e54347",
      "name": "Segra Data Center",
      "status": "unknown",
      "city": "Raleigh",
      "state": "NC",
      "longitude": -78.6623631815708,
      "latitude": 35.72499205,
      "location_precision": "footprint",
      "distance_km": 6.9689044329670615
    },
    {
      "project_id": "dc_72c2d4763a2eed2b4c93",
      "name": "TierPoint Raleigh (Departure Drive)",
      "operator": "TierPoint",
      "status": "operating",
      "city": "Raleigh",
      "state": "NC",
      "longitude": -78.595815,
      "latitude": 35.8543896,
      "location_precision": "exact",
      "distance_km": 9.768935059607678
    }
  ],
  "radius_km": 10,
  "limit": 3,
  "truncated": false
}

Wake County data questions

How many parcels in Wake County include year built?

About 380,000 of about 440,000 parcel records (87%) include year built.

Does the Korzy API return owner names for Wake County parcels?

Yes. 99% of Wake County parcel records carry an owner name. Add include_owner=true to a point, search or parcel-record request; it doubles the request's cost, so a single parcel record costs 2 credits.

How many data-center projects are in Wake County?

Korzy tracks 8 data-center projects in Wake County: 4 operating, 3 status not reported and 1 proposed. /api/datacenters/context lists projects within 10 km of any point.

How much power generation is in Wake County?

About 15 operable power plants in Wake County total about 1,100 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly nuclear, battery and pumped storage and solar.

Which water systems serve Wake County?

Service areas of about 300 community water systems cover about 38% of Wake County, and sewer service areas cover about 35%. /api/utilities/context returns the water and sewer matches at a point.

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