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Nags Head township, Dare County, NC

12,376 Population
33.9 square miles 364.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Dare County: 49 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,880 ±$5,346 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dare County: $56,589 ±$4,704
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,375 ±$7,345 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Dare County: $88,994 ±$5,211
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6% ±2.4% (740  ±300) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dare County: 6.6% † 2,497 (±1.4% / ±522)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.3 minutes ±2.3 (109,645  ±16,774) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dare County: 22.4 366,240 (±1.6 / ±29,655)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,295 ±331 Number of households
  • Dare County: 16,836 ±642
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (12,233  ±646) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Dare County: 2.2 37,656 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.6% ±1.2% (35  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dare County: 3.6% † 262 (±2% / ±147)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,742 ±272 Number of housing units
  • Dare County: 35,278 ±74
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$416,700 ±$36,450 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dare County: $460,400 ±$16,420
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.8% ±3.8% (1,584  ±481.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dare County: 10% † 3,783 (±1.9% / ±715.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±6% (8,453  ±690.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dare County: 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.3% ±4.4% (3,633  ±438.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dare County: 43.2% 12,479 (±2.6% / ±750.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

4.2% ±1.8% (514  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dare County: 4.7% 1,785
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±1.6% (679  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dare County: 8.1% † 2,498 (±1% / ±317)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
679 Total veterans ±156 660 Male ±156 19 Female ±15

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