Duck vs Hatteras

A side-by-side comparison of Duck and Hatteras: population, income, housing, and more.

Duck and Hatteras are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Duck has the higher population (662 vs 381 in Hatteras). Duck has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $48,980 in Hatteras). Since 2019, Duck's population has grown faster (+13.6% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Duck	Hatteras
Population	662	381
Median age	61.1 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,750	$48,980
Median home value	$705,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,393	—
Housing units	3,007	559
Homeownership rate	86.8%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duck	Hatteras
Population	583 → 662 (+13.6%)	460 → 381 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $118,750 (+35.7%)	$74,427 → $48,980 (-34.2%)
Median home value	$592,700 → $705,700 (+19.1%)	$370,000 → $470,900 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,223 → $1,393 (+13.9%)	$887 → $1,563 (+76.2%)

Duck

Population

583662

Median household income

$87,500$118,750

Median home value

$592,700$705,700

Median gross rent

$1,223$1,393

Hatteras

Population

460381

Median household income

$74,427$48,980

Median home value

$370,000$470,900

Median gross rent

$887$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duck	Hatteras
Under 5	0.6%	20.2%
5 to 17	8.3%	9.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	3.2%	22.6%
35 to 44	5.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	22.8%	18.6%
65 to 74	23.9%	7.6%
75 and over	15.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duck	Hatteras
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duck	Hatteras
No high school diploma	3.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	8.7%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	29.1%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duck	Hatteras
Drove alone	40.8%	36.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	34.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	10.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	50.2%	17.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duck	Hatteras
1-unit, detached	84.0%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	22.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duck	Hatteras
Poverty rate	10.7%	0.8%
Average household size	1.98	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1988	1990