Duck vs Rodanthe

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

Duck and Rodanthe 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 306 in Rodanthe). Duck has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $34,066 in Rodanthe). Duck has the higher median home value ($705,700 vs $431,300 in Rodanthe).

Population, income & housing

	Duck	Rodanthe
Population	662	306
Median age	61.1 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$118,750	$34,066
Median home value	$705,700	$431,300
Median gross rent	$1,393	—
Housing units	3,007	517
Homeownership rate	86.8%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	68.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duck	Rodanthe
Population	583 → 662 (+13.6%)	141 → 306 (+117.0%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $118,750 (+35.7%)	$59,180 → $34,066 (-42.4%)
Median home value	$592,700 → $705,700 (+19.1%)	$341,200 → $431,300 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,223 → $1,393 (+13.9%)	—

Duck

Population

583662

Median household income

$87,500$118,750

Median home value

$592,700$705,700

Median gross rent

$1,223$1,393

Rodanthe

Population

141306

Median household income

$59,180$34,066

Median home value

$341,200$431,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duck	Rodanthe
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.3%	5.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	17.6%
25 to 34	3.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	5.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	52.6%
55 to 64	22.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	23.9%	11.8%
75 and over	15.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duck	Rodanthe
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.8%
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%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duck	Rodanthe
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	8.7%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	68.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duck	Rodanthe
Drove alone	40.8%	45.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	15.8%
Worked from home	50.2%	38.5%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duck	Rodanthe
1-unit, detached	84.0%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	18.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duck	Rodanthe
Poverty rate	10.7%	4.9%
Average household size	1.98	1.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1988	2000