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Currituck County, NC

29,612 Population
261.9 square miles 113.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$44,165 ±$2,362 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$91,548 ±$8,181 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

7.6% ±1.9% (2,248  ±556) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

36.2 minutes ±1.9 (499,795  ±33,931) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

11,497 ±281 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (29,520  ±4) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.7% ±3.4% (418  ±211) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

16,636 ±26 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$351,200 ±$13,422 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.6% ±3% (3,412  ±866.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.9% ±4.6% (19,991  ±989.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
29.3% ±2.3% (6,235  ±497.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.7% (784  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

16.2% ±1.6% (3,655  ±367) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,655 Total veterans ±367 3,010 Male ±325 645 Female ±179

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