Wake Point-in-Time Count Shows Rise in Homelessness, Partly Because of Better Data Collection

Wake Point-in-Time Count Shows Rise in Homelessness, Partly Because of Better Data Collection

Homelessness in Wake County is up 27 percent over last year, according to preliminary data from the 2025 point-in-time (PIT) count. Much of that increase comes from a rise in unsheltered homelessness. In January, more than 100 volunteers fanned out across the county’s shelters and encampments to count and interview unhoused people as part of an annual effort to produce data for the Wake Continuum of Care and the federal Department of Housing and…