Hatteras vs Manns Harbor

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

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

Manns Harbor has the higher population (972 vs 381 in Hatteras). Hatteras has the higher median household income ($48,980 vs $27,087 in Manns Harbor). Since 2019, Manns Harbor's population has grown faster (+24.3% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Hatteras	Manns Harbor
Population	381	972
Median age	33.1 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,980	$27,087
Median home value	—	$205,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,164
Housing units	559	546
Homeownership rate	55.4%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hatteras	Manns Harbor
Population	460 → 381 (-17.2%)	782 → 972 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$74,427 → $48,980 (-34.2%)	$48,945 → $27,087 (-44.7%)
Median home value	$370,000 → $470,900 (+27.3%)	$151,100 → $205,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,563 (+76.2%)	$996 → $1,164 (+16.9%)

Hatteras

Population

460381

Median household income

$74,427$48,980

Median home value

$370,000$470,900

Median gross rent

$887$1,563

Manns Harbor

Population

782972

Median household income

$48,945$27,087

Median home value

$151,100$205,100

Median gross rent

$996$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hatteras	Manns Harbor
Under 5	20.2%	10.6%
5 to 17	9.4%	21.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	2.4%
25 to 34	22.6%	17.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	4.7%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	5.2%
75 and over	6.0%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hatteras	Manns Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	64.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hatteras	Manns Harbor
No high school diploma	0.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	15.3%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hatteras	Manns Harbor
Drove alone	36.6%	80.1%
Carpooled	34.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hatteras	Manns Harbor
1-unit, detached	73.0%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	54.2%

Poverty & households

	Hatteras	Manns Harbor
Poverty rate	0.8%	23.8%
Average household size	2.13	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1990	1985