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Wanchese, NC

1,956 Population
4.7 square miles 419.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 49 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,860 ±$8,710 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $56,589 ±$4,704
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,750 ±$22,450 Median household income
  • about the same as 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
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±5.7% (124  ±115) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 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)

17.6 minutes ±3.3 (18,550  ±6,091) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 22.4 366,240 (±1.6 / ±29,655)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

726 ±130 Number of households
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 16,836 ±642
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.4 (1,956  ±458) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 2.2 37,656 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±5.9% (27  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 3.6% † 262 (±2% / ±147)
  • 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

777 ±136 Number of housing units
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 35,278 ±74
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$311,800 ±$64,008 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $460,400 ±$16,420
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.6% ±4.1% (264  ±99.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 10% † 3,783 (±1.9% / ±715.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±4.3% (1,197  ±244.3) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.9% ±10.6% (374  ±155.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 43.2% 12,479 (±2.6% / ±750.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 80 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

0.6% ±0.9% (12  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 4.7% 1,785
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±3.3% (73  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 8.1% † 2,498 (±1% / ±317)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
73 Total veterans ±46 69 Male ±47 4 Female ±6

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