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Dare County, NC

37,534 Population
383.2 square miles 97.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$46,784 ±$2,006 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$81,214 ±$5,786 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

7.5% ±1.5% (2,817  ±545) 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)

22 minutes ±1.6 (354,700  ±29,721) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

16,483 ±769 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (37,323  ±12) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5% ±2.3% (363  ±167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

34,839 ±40 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$425,400 ±$15,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10% ±1.8% (3,744  ±,655.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±,144,000.6)

Social

95.2% ±4.1% (27,143  ±1,184.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±,279,113.6)
42.8% ±2.7% (12,202  ±,755.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

5% (1,857  ±305) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.9% ±1.1% (2,732  ±337) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,732 Total veterans ±337 2,552 Male ±313 180 Female ±97

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