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Nags Head, NC

3,164 Population
6.6 square miles 478.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.1 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 48.5 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$56,595 ±$8,034 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $46,784 ±$2,006
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$87,619 ±$16,842 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $81,214 ±$5,786
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

2.6% ±1.8% (80  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 7.5% † 2,817 (±1.5% / ±545)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.7 minutes ±5.6 (29,850  ±9,724) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 22 354,700 (±1.6 / ±29,721)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,626 ±150 Number of households
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 16,483 ±769
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.9 ±0.2 (3,094  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 2.3 37,323 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

5,214 ±250 Number of housing units
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 34,839 ±40
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$451,100 ±$71,613 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $425,400 ±$15,362
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

15.6% ±7.8% (493  ±247.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 10% † 3,744 (±1.8% / ±655.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

96.1% ±12% (2,444  ±365.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 95.2% 27,143 (±4.1% / ±1,184.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
51.7% ±10.1% (1,314  ±277.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 42.8% 12,202 (±2.7% / ±755.3)
  • about 1.5 times 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

1.8% ±1.4% (56  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 5% 1,857
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

11% ±4% (305  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 8.9% † 2,732 (±1.1% / ±337)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
305 Total veterans ±112 301 Male ±111 4 Female ±8

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