Duck vs Manteo

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

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

Manteo has the higher population (1,853 vs 662 in Duck). Duck has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $78,594 in Manteo). Duck has the higher median home value ($705,700 vs $384,100 in Manteo).

Population, income & housing

	Duck	Manteo
Population	662	1,853
Median age	61.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$118,750	$78,594
Median home value	$705,700	$384,100
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,261
Housing units	3,007	1,458
Homeownership rate	86.8%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duck	Manteo
Population	583 → 662 (+13.6%)	1,950 → 1,853 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $118,750 (+35.7%)	$48,375 → $78,594 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$592,700 → $705,700 (+19.1%)	$293,900 → $384,100 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,223 → $1,393 (+13.9%)	$1,093 → $1,261 (+15.4%)

Duck

Population

583662

Median household income

$87,500$118,750

Median home value

$592,700$705,700

Median gross rent

$1,223$1,393

Manteo

Population

1,9501,853

Median household income

$48,375$78,594

Median home value

$293,900$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duck	Manteo
Under 5	0.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	8.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	3.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	5.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	22.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	23.9%	17.1%
75 and over	15.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duck	Manteo
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	70.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.9%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duck	Manteo
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	8.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	29.1%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duck	Manteo
Drove alone	40.8%	70.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	5.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	1.3%
Worked from home	50.2%	13.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duck	Manteo
1-unit, detached	84.0%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	28.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Duck	Manteo
Poverty rate	10.7%	23.2%
Average household size	1.98	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1988	1992