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Nags Head, NC

3,160 Population
6.6 square miles 477.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.4 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 49 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$60,017 ±$7,385 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $56,589 ±$4,704
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$91,264 ±$15,374 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $88,994 ±$5,211
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

2.4% ±1.8% (75  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 6.6% † 2,497 (±1.4% / ±522)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.6 minutes ±6.6 (31,880  ±11,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 22.4 366,240 (±1.6 / ±29,655)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,586 ±164 Number of households
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 16,836 ±642
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.2 (3,094  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 2.2 37,656 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

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

Housing

5,275 ±196 Number of housing units
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 35,278 ±74
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$490,800 ±$81,751 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $460,400 ±$16,420
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

15.4% ±8.2% (486  ±257.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 10% † 3,783 (±1.9% / ±715.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

94.9% ±13.6% (2,443  ±395.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 94.7% 27,351 (±4.1% / ±1,174.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
50.9% ±11% (1,311  ±301.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 43.2% 12,479 (±2.6% / ±750.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

2.4% ±1.7% (75  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 4.7% 1,785
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

10.4% ±4.2% (291  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 8.1% † 2,498 (±1% / ±317)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
291 Total veterans ±117 287 Male ±117 4 Female ±7

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