14 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas in Dare County, North Carolina. The population-weighted median household income is about $90,369, the median home value about $482,713, and 78.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied.
- 14
- ZIP codes
- 37.9K
- Population
- 53
- Data points
Dare County at a glance
- $90,369
- Median household income
- $482,713
- Median home value
- 48.9
- Median age
- 78.4%
- Owner-occupied
- 35,278
- Housing units
Income, home value, and age are population-weighted averages of the ZIP-level medians in the file. Counts are exact.
Top 5 Dare County ZIP codes by median household income| # | ZIP | City | Population | Homeowner % | Median HH $ |
|---|
| 1 | 27949 | Duck | 8,251 | 83.4% | $120,662 |
| 2 | 27959 | Nags Head | 3,170 | 82.8% | $91,264 |
| 3 | 27981 | Wanchese | 1,969 | 69.4% | $88,750 |
| 4 | 27948 | Kill Devil Hills | 12,436 | 74.2% | $86,193 |
| 5 | 27954 | Manteo | 7,237 | 81.8% | $80,587 |
Top 5 Dare County ZIP codes by population| # | ZIP | City | Population | Homeowner % | Median HH $ |
|---|
| 1 | 27948 | Kill Devil Hills | 12,436 | 74.2% | $86,193 |
| 2 | 27949 | Duck | 8,251 | 83.4% | $120,662 |
| 3 | 27954 | Manteo | 7,237 | 81.8% | $80,587 |
| 4 | 27959 | Nags Head | 3,170 | 82.8% | $91,264 |
| 5 | 27981 | Wanchese | 1,969 | 69.4% | $88,750 |
Top 5 Dare County ZIP codes by Homeowner GDP| # | ZIP | City | Population | Homeowner % | Median HH $ | Homeowner GDP |
|---|
| 1 | 27949 | Duck | 8,251 | 83.4% | $120,662 | $361.1M |
| 2 | 27948 | Kill Devil Hills | 12,436 | 74.2% | $86,193 | $357.4M |
| 3 | 27954 | Manteo | 7,237 | 81.8% | $80,587 | $196.6M |
| 4 | 27959 | Nags Head | 3,170 | 82.8% | $91,264 | $119.9M |
| 5 | 27981 | Wanchese | 1,969 | 69.4% | $88,750 | $44.7M |
Homeowner GDP = owner-occupied units × median household income — a proxy for aggregate homeowner spending power in a ZIP, useful for scoring market opportunity. Not an official economic statistic.
Densest: 27948 (Kill Devil Hills) at 1,344 people/sq mi. Least dense: 27953 (Manns Harbor) at 4 people/sq mi.
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