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Nags Head township, Dare County, NC

12,054 Population
33.9 square miles 355.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Dare County: 48.5 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$47,241 ±$4,723 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Dare County: $46,784 ±$2,006
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$78,947 ±$4,331 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Dare County: $81,214 ±$5,786
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

8% ±3.3% (952  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Dare County: 7.5% † 2,817 (±1.5% / ±545)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.2 minutes ±1.9 (104,370  ±15,212) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dare County: 22 354,700 (±1.6 / ±29,721)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

5,219 ±333 Number of households
  • Dare County: 16,483 ±769
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (11,907  ±690) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dare County: 2.3 37,323 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.1% ±1.5% (49  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dare County: 5% † 363 (±2.3% / ±167)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

9,573 ±321 Number of housing units
  • Dare County: 34,839 ±40
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$376,400 ±$30,442 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dare County: $425,400 ±$15,362
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

12.7% ±3.5% (1,522  ±431.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dare County: 10% † 3,744 (±1.8% / ±655.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.7% ±5.7% (8,420  ±674.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dare County: 95.2% 27,143 (±4.1% / ±1,184.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
41% ±4.5% (3,646  ±440.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dare County: 42.8% 12,202 (±2.7% / ±755.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.2% ±1.9% (508  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dare County: 5% 1,857
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8% ±1.8% (752  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dare County: 8.9% † 2,732 (±1.1% / ±337)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
752 Total veterans ±177 722 Male ±172 30 Female ±29

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