Duck vs Wanchese

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

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

Wanchese has the higher population (1,793 vs 662 in Duck). Duck has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $73,542 in Wanchese). Duck has the higher median home value ($705,700 vs $257,100 in Wanchese).

Population, income & housing

	Duck	Wanchese
Population	662	1,793
Median age	61.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$118,750	$73,542
Median home value	$705,700	$257,100
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,031
Housing units	3,007	772
Homeownership rate	86.8%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duck	Wanchese
Population	583 → 662 (+13.6%)	1,732 → 1,793 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $118,750 (+35.7%)	$55,799 → $73,542 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$592,700 → $705,700 (+19.1%)	$218,500 → $257,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,223 → $1,393 (+13.9%)	$1,099 → $1,031 (-6.2%)

Duck

Population

583662

Median household income

$87,500$118,750

Median home value

$592,700$705,700

Median gross rent

$1,223$1,393

Wanchese

Population

1,7321,793

Median household income

$55,799$73,542

Median home value

$218,500$257,100

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duck	Wanchese
Under 5	0.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	8.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.3%
25 to 34	3.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	5.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	22.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	23.9%	11.2%
75 and over	15.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duck	Wanchese
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	97.8%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duck	Wanchese
No high school diploma	3.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	8.7%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	29.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duck	Wanchese
Drove alone	40.8%	75.3%
Carpooled	2.9%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	50.2%	4.2%
Other means	2.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duck	Wanchese
1-unit, detached	84.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Duck	Wanchese
Poverty rate	10.7%	5.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1988	1985