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Currituck County, NC

30,601 Population
261.9 square miles 116.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,003 ±$2,467 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$93,511 ±$8,425 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±1.8% (2,281  ±551) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.5 minutes ±1.8 (504,750  ±31,747) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,845 ±295 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (30,524  ±4) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±3.5% (438  ±229) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,079 ±40 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$378,800 ±$11,709 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±2.5% (3,314  ±755.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±4.5% (20,466  ±996.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.9% ±2.5% (6,783  ±541.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.4% (1,028  ±249) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

15.3% ±1.8% (3,574  ±414) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,574 Total veterans ±414 2,884 Male ±356 690 Female ±174

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